--- title: Her husband came to seek her, and begged her to leave the shed and g… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Her husband came to seek her, and begged her to leave the shed and go to bed, as she must be tired out; but the girl would not stir, neither would she attend to the words of her mother-in-law. Who acts: husband, wife, girl. 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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 (husband, wife, girl), 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:pg3027:21:98 # text = Her husband came to seek her, and begged her to leave the shed and go to bed, as she must be tired out; but the girl would not stir, neither would she attend to the words of her mother-in-law. 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 shed shed NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 cop _ _ 24 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 advcl _ _ 25 out out ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 30 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 32 stir stir VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 37 cc:preconj _ _ 35 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 attend attend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ SpaceAfter=No 46 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | wife's husband | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **seek** | to-infinitive | wife's husband *not said here* | wife | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 3 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | wife's husband *not said here* | | wife | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **leave** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | wife's husband *not said here* | the shed | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shed=Theme | | 5 | **go** | infinitive | wife's husband *not said here* | | | bed | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **is** | must | wife | | | | | tired *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **stir** | would | the girl | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **attend** | would | wife | | | | | to the words of wife's mother in law | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent to word=Theme | | 9 | **word** | | | wife's mother in law | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=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 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 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/21/97/) - next →: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/21/99/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/21/)