--- title: However, she counselled the woman that when her daughter first wore… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: However, she counselled the woman that when her daughter first wore it-- for that, of course, was what she intended her to do--she had better pretend that she had a toothache, and cover her head with a lace veil. Who acts: witch, woman. 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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 (witch, woman), 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:pg3027:12:92 # text = However, she counselled the woman that when her daughter first wore it-- for that, of course, was what she intended her to do--she had better pretend that she had a toothache, and cover her head with a lace veil. 1 However however ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 counselled counsell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 12 advmod _ _ 12 wore wear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 -- -- PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 19 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 22 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 parataxis _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 intended intend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 25 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 -- -- PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 31 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 30 advmod _ _ 32 pretend pretend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 toothache toothache NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 cover cover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 41 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 lace lace NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 veil veil NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **counsell** | past | witch | the woman | | | | however *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **wear** | past | the woman | difference | | | | first *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **intend** | past | witch | woman | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | witch *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **have** | past | witch | | | | | well *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **pretend** | infinitive | witch *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **have** | past | witch | a toothache | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toothache=Patient | | 9 | **cover** | infinitive | witch *not said here* | witch's head | | | | with a lace veil | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent head=Destination with veil=Theme | 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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/12/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/12/93/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/12/)