--- title: Maria, who was good-natured, swung herself into the garden by the ro… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Maria, who was good-natured, swung herself into the garden by the rope, and got the medlars, and was just making the rope fast under her arms so as to be hauled up, when her sister cried: “Oh, there are such delicious lemons a little farther on. Who acts: Maria, sister. 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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 (Maria, sister), 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:pg2435:38:54 # text = Maria, who was good-natured, swung herself into the garden by the rope, and got the medlars, and was just making the rope fast under her arms so as to be hauled up, when her sister cried: “Oh, there are such delicious lemons a little farther on. 1 Maria Maria PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 natured natured ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 9 swung swing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 9 obj _ _ 11 into into ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 by by ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 medlars medlar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 just just ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 26 advmod _ _ 30 under under ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 34 as as ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 hauled haul VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 advcl _ _ 38 up up ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 43 advmod _ _ 41 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 43 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 : : PUNCT : _ 52 punct _ _ 45 “ " PUNCT `` _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 49 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 48 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 49 expl _ _ 49 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 50 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 51 delicious delicious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 lemons lemon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 obl _ _ 55 farther far ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 56 advmod _ _ 56 on on ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Maria | | | | | natured *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **swing** | past | Maria | Maria | | the garden | | by the rope | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.agent V NP.theme PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Agent herself=Theme into garden=Source by rope=Trajectory | | 3 | **get** | past | | the medlars | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer medlar=Stimulus | | 4 | **make** | past · progressive | | the rope | | Maria's arms | | fast *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset rope=Product | | 5 | **haul up** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP» | | 6 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | Maria's sister | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | such delicious lemons | | | | | tree rules | 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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/38/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/38/55/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/38/)