--- title: However, as she was a good, kindhearted girl, she set to work to pic… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: However, as she was a good, kindhearted girl, she set to work to pick up the little kittens which tumbled about on the floor, she patched up quarrels, and nursed on her lap a big tabby—the oldest of the community—which had a lame paw. Who acts: Lizina, little kittens, big tabby. 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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 (Lizina, little kittens, big tabby), 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:pg2435:36:18 # text = However, as she was a good, kindhearted girl, she set to work to pick up the little kittens which tumbled about on the floor, she patched up quarrels, and nursed on her lap a big tabby—the oldest of the community—which had a lame paw. 1 However however ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 7 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 kindhearted kindhearted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 pick pick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 18 up up ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 kittens kitten NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 23 tumbled tumble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 24 about about ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 patched patch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 31 up up ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 quarrels quarrel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 nursed nurse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ _ 36 on on ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 lap lap NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 tabby tabby NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 — - PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 oldest old ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 41 appos _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 community community NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 — - PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 50 nsubj _ _ 50 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 parataxis _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 lame lame ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 paw paw NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Lizina | a good kindhearted girl | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **set** | past | Lizina | | | | | however *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **work** | to-infinitive | Lizina *not said here* | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **pick up** | to-infinitive | Lizina *not said here* | the little kittens | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kitten=Topic | | 5 | **tumble** | past | the little kittens | | | the floor | | about *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 6 | **patch up** | past | Lizina | quarrels | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent quarrel=Destination | | 7 | **nurse** | participle | Lizina *not said here* | a big tabby | | Lizina's lap | | | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tabby=Beneficiary | | 8 | **have** | past | a big tabby | a lame paw | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paw=Patient | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/36/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/36/19/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/36/)