--- title: The basket was still there, dangling from the rope, but it was only… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The basket was still there, dangling from the rope, but it was only big enough to hold the three girls, so Paul sent them up, and told them to be sure and let down the basket for him. Who acts: basket, Paul. 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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 (basket, Paul), 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:pg2435:31:102 # text = The basket was still there, dangling from the rope, but it was only big enough to hold the three girls, so Paul sent them up, and told them to be sure and let down the basket for him. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 still still ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 dangling dangle VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 only only ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 parataxis _ _ 17 enough enough ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 22 girls girl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 so so ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 25 Paul Paul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 up up ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 iobj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 cop _ _ 35 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 ccomp _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 38 down down ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the basket | | | | still | there *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **dangle** | gerund | the basket *not said here* | | | the rope | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | basket | | | | | big, enough *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **hold** | to-infinitive | basket *not said here* | the three girls | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Theme | | 5 | **send up** | past | Paul | heads *= head* | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Paul *not said here* | | heads *= head* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 7 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **let down** | infinitive | | the basket | | | | for Paul | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent basket=Theme for he=Asset | 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 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/31/101/) - next →: [sentence 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/31/103/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/31/)