--- title: Upon looking more attentively at it he found that it was one of the… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Upon looking more attentively at it he found that it was one of the prettiest little ships he had ever seen, and the boat that belonged to it was made fast to the bank quite close to him. Who acts: Prince, way, boat. 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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 (Prince, way, boat), 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:pg7277:37:13 # text = Upon looking more attentively at it he found that it was one of the prettiest little ships he had ever seen, and the boat that belonged to it was made fast to the bank quite close to him. 1 Upon upon SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 3 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 4 attentively attentively ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 xcomp _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 15 prettiest pretty ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 17 amod _ _ 16 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 ships ship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 21 advmod _ _ 21 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 belonged belong VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 32 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 35 advmod _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 quite quite ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | gerund | Prince *not said here* | | | | | at way; attentively *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at it=Theme | | 2 | **find** | past | Prince | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | past | way | one | | | | of the prettiest little ships | tree rules | | 4 | **see** | past · perfect | Prince | the prettiest little ships *not said here* | | | ever | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ship=Stimulus | | 5 | **belong** | past | the boat | | way | | | | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **make** | past · passive | | the boat | | | | to the bank; close *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | 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: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/14/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/)