--- title: ‘I thought,’ said she, ‘that my little daughter had changed into a b… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘I thought,’ said she, ‘that my little daughter had changed into a bouquet of roses, and that as I held it in my hand a bird swooped down suddenly and snatched it from me and carried it away.’ Who acts: I, matter, little daughter, that. 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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 (I, matter, little daughter, that), 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:pg7277:8:109 # text = ‘I thought,’ said she, ‘that my little daughter had changed into a bouquet of roses, and that as I held it in my hand a bird swooped down suddenly and snatched it from me and carried it away.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 9 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 11 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 16 into into ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 bouquet bouquet NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 roses rose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 nsubj _ _ 24 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 appos _ _ 33 swooped swoop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl _ _ 34 down down ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 35 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 snatched snatch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 from from ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 away away ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | I | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | matter | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **change** | past · perfect | my little daughter | | | | | into a bouquet of roses *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into bouquet=Result | | 4 | **hold** | past | that | rose | | my hand | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in hand=Location | | 5 | **swoop down** | participle | | a bird *not said here* | | | | suddenly *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **snatch** | past | I *not said here* | rose | | | | from me | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme from i=Source | | 7 | **carry away** | past | I *not said here* | rose | | | | away *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | 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 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/108/) - next →: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/110/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Watch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/)