--- title: At length, seeing that his resolution was firmly fixed, she took fro… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At length, seeing that his resolution was firmly fixed, she took from a cabinet a little box which contained her picture, and gave it to him saying: Who acts: length, Majesty, little box, guest. 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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 (length, Majesty, little box, guest), 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:pg2435:18:90 # text = At length, seeing that his resolution was firmly fixed, she took from a cabinet a little box which contained her picture, and gave it to him saying: 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 resolution resolution NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 9 firmly firmly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 fixed fix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 from from ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 cabinet cabinet NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 21 contained contain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ _ 30 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | gerund | length *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **fix** | past · passive | | guest's resolution | | | | firmly *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **take** | past | Majesty | a little box | | length | | from a cabinet | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent box=Theme at length=Asset from cabinet=Source | | 4 | **contain** | past | a little box | Majesty's picture | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot picture=Theme | | 5 | **give** | past | Majesty *not said here* | box | guest | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to he=Recipient | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Majesty *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **resolve** | | guest | | | | | | nom resolution «communication 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:** «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/18/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/18/91/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/18/)