--- title: They looked to him exactly like the ones he had left, except that th… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They looked to him exactly like the ones he had left, except that they moved more slowly still, and each one held a raven upon his wrist, and their harsh croakings re-echoed through the dismal place. Who acts: They, he, one, their. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (They, he, one, their), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg7277:37:1 # text = They looked to him exactly like the ones he had left, except that they moved more slowly still, and each one held a raven upon his wrist, and their harsh croakings re-echoed through the dismal place. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 5 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 6 like like ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 except except ADP IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 17 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 18 advmod _ _ 18 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 19 still still ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 23 det _ _ 23 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 raven raven NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 upon upon ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 wrist wrist NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 33 harsh harsh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 croakings croaking NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 parataxis _ _ 35 re-echoed re-echo VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl _ _ 36 through through ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 dismal dismal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | They | | him *= he* | | | like the ones | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to he=Theme | | 2 | **leave** | past · perfect | he | the ones *not said here* | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | | 3 | **move** | past | they | | | | still | slowly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **hold** | past | each one | a raven | | his wrist | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent raven=Theme upon wrist=Location | | 5 | **re-echo** | participle | | their harsh croakings *not said here* | | the dismal place | | | tree rules | | 6 | **croak** | | their *= they* | | | | | | nom croaking «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [Prince Vivien and the Prince…, 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/84/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/2/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/)