--- title: The first thing to be done was to conceal the hole which had been cu… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The first thing to be done was to conceal the hole which had been cut, and when this was managed (with the help of the angry fairy, though they did not know it), Cerisette hastened to take off her own clothes, and put on those of the princess, placing the crown of diamonds on her head. Who acts: fir --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/23/38/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Orange Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/) / [Opening, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/23/) / 38 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 23, sentence 38 The first thing to be done was to conceal the hole which had been cut, and when this was managed (with the help of the angry fairy, though they did not know it), Cerisette hastened to take off her own clothes, and put on those of the princess, placing the crown of diamonds on her head. **Who acts:** first thing, Tulip · **What happens:** do, be, cut, manage, not know, hasten · **To what, where:** hole, this, own clothes, those, crown, head This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 23. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (first thing, Tulip), 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:pg3027:23:38 # text = The first thing to be done was to conceal the hole which had been cut, and when this was managed (with the help of the angry fairy, though they did not know it), Cerisette hastened to take off her own clothes, and put on those of the princess, placing the crown of diamonds on her head. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 amod _ _ 3 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 conceal conceal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 19 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 managed manage VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 22 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 though though SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 Cerisette Cerisette PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 hastened hasten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 parataxis _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 off off ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ _ 44 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 45 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 conj _ _ 50 on on ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 49 obl _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 56 placing place VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 49 advcl _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 diamonds diamond NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 nmod _ _ 61 on on ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 63 nmod:poss _ _ 63 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | to-infinitive · passive | the first thing *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V» | | 2 | **is** | past | the first thing | | | | | conceal *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **cut** | past · perfect · passive | | the hole | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 4 | **manage** | past · passive | | this | | | | with the help of the angry fairy | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | Tulip | hole | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 6 | **hasten** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **take off** | to-infinitive | | fairy's own clothes | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme | | 8 | **put** | participle | | | | those | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on that=Destination | | 9 | **place** | gerund | | the crown of diamonds | | princess's head | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent crown=Theme on head=Destination | | 10 | **help** | | | the angry fairy | | | | | nom help «act transitive»: of=patient | | 11 | **crown** | | | diamonds | | | | | nom crown «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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/23/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/23/39/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/23/)