--- title: One day he came to a village, where he saw a girl who struck him as… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: One day he came to a village, where he saw a girl who struck him as being the loveliest creature in the whole world, and as he felt a great love for her, he went up to her and said: ‘I love you with all my heart; will you be my wife?’ Who acts: brother, girl, I, you. 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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 (brother, girl, I, you), 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:pg7277:49:58 # text = One day he came to a village, where he saw a girl who struck him as being the loveliest creature in the whole world, and as he felt a great love for her, he went up to her and said: ‘I love you with all my heart; will you be my wife?’ 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 11 advmod _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 15 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 as as ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 18 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 cop _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 loveliest lovely ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 21 amod _ _ 21 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 as as SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 39 up up ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 : : PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 45 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 love love VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 ccomp _ _ 48 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 with with ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 52 det:predet _ _ 51 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ; ; PUNCT : _ 58 punct _ _ 54 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 55 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 56 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 58 cop _ _ 57 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ? ? PUNCT . _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 58 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | brother | | | a village | day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to village=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **see** | past | brother | a girl | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer girl=Stimulus | | 3 | **strike** | past | a girl | brother | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Instrument | | 4 | **is** | gerund | | | | the whole world | | as the loveliest creature | tree rules | | 5 | **feel** | past | brother | a great love | | | | for girl | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent love=Location for she=Theme | | 6 | **go up** | past | brother | | girl | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | brother *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **love** | present | I | you | | | | with my heart | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | | 9 | **is a** | future | you | my wife | | | | | tree rules | 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/49/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/49/59/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Lads](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/49/)