--- title: But presently she began to think how she could best take it home wit… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But presently she began to think how she could best take it home with her; and she couldn't see any other way than by fastening one end of her shawl to it, and so dragging it after her along the road. Who acts: Mercy. 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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 (Mercy), 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:pg14241:19:104 # text = But presently she began to think how she could best take it home with her; and she couldn't see any other way than by fastening one end of her shawl to it, and so dragging it after her along the road. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 presently presently ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 11 nsubj _ _ 11 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 home home ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 20 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 22 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 24 det _ _ 23 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 than than SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 by by SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 27 fastening fasten VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 28 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 29 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 shawl shawl NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 so so ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 dragging drag VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 after after ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ _ 42 along along ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | Mercy | | | | | presently *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | Mercy *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **take** | could | Mercy | gold | | | | with side; home *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 4 | **not** **see** | could | Mercy | any other way | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus | | 5 | **fasten** | gerund | Mercy *not said here* | one end of Mercy's shawl | gold | | | | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent end=Patient to it=Co-Patient | | 6 | **drag** | gerund | Mercy *not said here* | gold | | | after Mercy | along the road | 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:** «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/19/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/19/105/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/19/)