--- title: But, small as she was, she made herself so heavy that, after stagger… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But, small as she was, she made herself so heavy that, after staggering a few steps under her weight, he laid her down, and tied her fast to a tree with some of the ribbons of his hat. Who acts: Eglantine, doe. 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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 (Eglantine, doe), 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:pg3027:24:68 # text = But, small as she was, she made herself so heavy that, after staggering a few steps under her weight, he laid her down, and tied her fast to a tree with some of the ribbons of his hat. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 10 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 9 obj _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 after after SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 16 staggering stagger VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 conj _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 20 under under ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 weight weight NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 26 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 down down ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 tied tie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 31 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 30 advmod _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 35 nmod _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 ribbons ribbon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 hat hat NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | Eglantine | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **make** | past | Eglantine | Eglantine | | | | heavy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Product | | 3 | **stagger** | gerund | Eglantine *not said here* | a few steps | | Eglantine's weight | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus step=Experiencer | | 4 | **lay down** | past | doe | Eglantine | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Result | | 5 | **tie** | past | | Eglantine | | | | to a tree with some; fast *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient to tree=Co-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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/24/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/24/69/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/24/)