--- title: Balancing her basket on her head, she walked along, and directly she… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Balancing her basket on her head, she walked along, and directly she had left the village behind her she broke out into the song of the Rover of the Plain, and at last, at the end of the day, she came to the group of huts where her parents lived. Who acts: mother, parents, Rover. 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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 (mother, parents, Rover), 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:pg3027:21:133 # text = Balancing her basket on her head, she walked along, and directly she had left the village behind her she broke out into the song of the Rover of the Plain, and at last, at the end of the day, she came to the group of huts where her parents lived. 1 Balancing balance VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 along along ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 directly directly ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 behind behind ADP IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 23 out out ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 into into ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Rover Rover PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 Plain Plain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 35 at at ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 at at ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 group group NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 huts hut NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nmod _ _ 52 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 55 advmod _ _ 53 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 nsubj _ _ 55 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **balance** | gerund | mother *not said here* | mother's basket | | mother's head | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent basket=Theme on head=Location | | 2 | **walk** | past | mother | | | | | along *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **leave** | past · perfect | mother | the village | | | | directly *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent village=Theme | | 4 | **break out** | past | mother | | | | | into the song of the Rover of the Plain *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into song=Result | | 5 | **come** | past | mother | | | last | | to the group of huts | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to group=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **live** | past | mother's parents | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **sing** | | the Rover of the Plain | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: of=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 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 132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/21/132/) - next →: [sentence 134](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/21/134/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/21/)