--- title: The wife did as she was told, and wrapping herself in sackcloth went… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The wife did as she was told, and wrapping herself in sackcloth went up to the Sultana’s own palace, and as she was known to have been one of Subida’s favourite attendants, she was taken without difficulty into the private apartments. Who acts: wife, wrapping. 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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 (wife, wrapping), 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:pg2435:28:99 # text = The wife did as she was told, and wrapping herself in sackcloth went up to the Sultana’s own palace, and as she was known to have been one of Subida’s favourite attendants, she was taken without difficulty into the private apartments. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 10 wrapping wrap VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 csubj _ _ 11 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 10 obj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 sackcloth sackcloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 15 up up ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Sultana Sultana PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ’s 's PART POS _ 18 case _ _ 20 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 24 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 advcl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 29 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 aux _ _ 30 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 cop _ _ 31 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 xcomp _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 33 Subida Subida PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ’s 's PART POS _ 33 case _ _ 35 favourite favourite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 attendants attendant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 41 without without ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 difficulty difficulty NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 43 into into ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 private private ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 apartments apartment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | the wife | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | wife | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 3 | **wrap** | gerund | | wife | | sackcloth | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent herself=Theme in sackcloth=Destination | | 4 | **go up** | past | wrapping | | | | | to the Sultana's own palace | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 5 | **know** | past · passive | | wife | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | | 6 | **is a** | to-infinitive · perfect | | one | | | | of Subida's favourite attendants | tree rules | | 7 | **take** | past · passive | | wife | | the private apartments | | without difficulty | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Destination | 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 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/28/98/) - next →: [sentence 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/28/100/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/28/)