--- title: The wasp flew to her, and took her back to bed and looked after her,… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The wasp flew to her, and took her back to bed and looked after her, and then he consulted with a rice-mortar and an egg which had fallen out of a nest near by, and they agreed that when the monkey returned, as he was sure to do, to steal the rest of the fruit, that they would punish him severely fo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/32/84/) [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/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/32/) / 84 # The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 32, sentence 84 The wasp flew to her, and took her back to bed and looked after her, and then he consulted with a rice-mortar and an egg which had fallen out of a nest near by, and they agreed that when the monkey returned, as he was sure to do, to steal the rest of the fruit, that they would punish him severely for the manner in which he had behaved to the crab. **Who acts:** wasp, egg, mortar, monkey · **What happens:** fly, take back, look, consult, fall, agree · **To what, where:** few, nest, rest, Monkey, manner This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 32. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wasp, egg, mortar, monkey), 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:pg2435:32:84 # text = The wasp flew to her, and took her back to bed and looked after her, and then he consulted with a rice-mortar and an egg which had fallen out of a nest near by, and they agreed that when the monkey returned, as he was sure to do, to steal the rest of the fruit, that they would punish him severely for the manner in which he had behaved to the crab. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 wasp wasp NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 back back ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 15 after after ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 consulted consult VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 24 rice rice NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 mortar mortar NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 egg egg NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 acl:relcl _ _ 33 out out ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 37 near near ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 38 by by ADP IN _ 37 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 agreed agree VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 44 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 47 advmod _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 monkey monkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 47 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 as as SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 50 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 52 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 conj _ _ 53 to to PART TO _ 54 mark _ _ 54 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 to to PART TO _ 57 mark _ _ 57 steal steal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 ccomp _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obj _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 64 that that SCONJ IN _ 67 mark _ _ 65 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj _ _ 66 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 67 aux _ _ 67 punish punish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 conj _ _ 68 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 obj _ _ 69 severely severely ADV RB _ 67 advmod _ _ 70 for for ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 71 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 72 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obl _ _ 73 in in ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 74 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 77 obl _ _ 75 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 77 nsubj _ _ 76 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 77 aux _ _ 77 behaved behave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 72 acl:relcl _ _ 78 to to ADP IN _ 80 case _ _ 79 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 80 det _ _ 80 crab crab NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 81 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | past | the wasp | | few | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to she=Result | | 2 | **take back** | past | the wasp *not said here* | | few | | | to bed | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination | | 3 | **look** | past | the wasp *not said here* | | | | after few | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **consult** | past | wasp | | | | then | with a rice mortar and a egg | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with mortar=Co-Agent | | 5 | **fall** | past · perfect | a egg | | | a nest | | near *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme out nest=Location | | 6 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | mortar | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **return** | past | the monkey | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **is** | past | Monkey | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **steal** | to-infinitive · do-support | Monkey *not said here* | the rest of the fruit | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location rest=Theme | | 10 | **punish** | would | mortar | Monkey | | | | for the manner; severely *property* | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Patient for manner=Theme | | 11 | **behave** | past · perfect | Monkey | | | the manner | | to the crab | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/32/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/32/85/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/32/)