--- title: Mrs. Abrahams remembers one occasion well when she nearly caught sig… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Mrs. Abrahams remembers one occasion well when she nearly caught sight of Mr. Miacca, just after he had left her a gift; she saw his shadow in the shape of a bright light passing down the garden. Who acts: Mrs., Miacca, bright light. A sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XXX. Mr. Mia --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/80/8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [English Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/) / [XXX. Mr. Miacca.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/80/) / 8 # English Fairy Tales, XXX. Mr. Miacca., sentence 8 Mrs. Abrahams remembers one occasion well when she nearly caught sight of Mr. Miacca, just after he had left her a gift; she saw his shadow in the shape of a bright light passing down the garden. **Who acts:** Mrs., Miacca, bright light · **What happens:** remember, catch, leave, see, pass down, sight · **To what, where:** one occasion, sight, Mrs., shadow, shape, garden This is a sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XXX. Mr. Miacca.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Mrs., Miacca, bright light), 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:pg7439:80:8 # text = Mrs. Abrahams remembers one occasion well when she nearly caught sight of Mr. Miacca, just after he had left her a gift; she saw his shadow in the shape of a bright light passing down the garden. 1 Mrs. Mrs. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 Abrahams Abrahams PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 remembers remember VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 occasion occasion NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 7 when when SCONJ WRB _ 10 mark _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 11 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod:desc _ _ 14 Miacca Miacca PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 just just ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 17 after after SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 conj _ _ 21 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 36 passing pass VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 acl _ _ 37 down down ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remember** | present | Mrs. | one occasion | | | | well *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent occasion=Theme | | 2 | **catch** | past | Mrs. | sight of Miacca Mr. | | | | nearly *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Theme | | 3 | **leave** | past · perfect | Miacca | Mrs. | | | | | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent she=Theme gift=Attribute | | 4 | **see** | past | Mrs. | Miacca's shadow | | the shape of a bright light | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shadow=Stimulus | | 5 | **pass down** | gerund | a bright light *not said here* | the garden | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme garden=Trajectory | | 6 | **sight** | | | Miacca Mr. | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **shadow** | | Miacca | | | | | | nom shadow «state transitive»: 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:** «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7439 (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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/80/7/) - next →: [XXXI. 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