--- title: The cows were so pleased with the care she took of them that they st… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The cows were so pleased with the care she took of them that they stood quite still while she milked them, and did not play any of the tricks on her that they had played on other dairymaids who were rough and rude. Who acts: cows, cow, girls, other dairymaids. 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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 (cows, cow, girls, other dairymaids), 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:pg3027:10:64 # text = The cows were so pleased with the care she took of them that they stood quite still while she milked them, and did not play any of the tricks on her that they had played on other dairymaids who were rough and rude. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cows cow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 16 quite quite ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 still still ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 18 while while SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 milked milk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 21 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 play play VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 27 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 26 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 tricks trick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nmod _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 played play VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 dairymaids dairymaid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ _ 40 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 41 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 42 rough rough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 acl:relcl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 rude rude ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the cows | | | | | pleased *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | past | cow | | | | | with the care; of girls *= girl* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent of they=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **stand** | past | girls *= girl* | | | | still | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **milk** | past | cow | girls *= girl* | | | | | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Source | | 5 | **not** **play** | past · do-support | | any | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent any=Theme | | 6 | **play** | past · perfect | girls *= girl* | | | other dairymaids | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | past | other dairymaids | | | | | rough *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **be** | | other dairymaids *not said here* | | | | | | 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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/10/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/10/65/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/10/)