--- title: However, one morning her mother looked so tired that even the selfis… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: However, one morning her mother looked so tired that even the selfish girl could not help seeing it, and asked if there was anything she was able to do, so that her mother might rest a little. Who acts: mother, selfish girl, anything. 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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, selfish girl, anything), 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:pg3027:25:1 # text = However, one morning her mother looked so tired that even the selfish girl could not help seeing it, and asked if there was anything she was able to do, so that her mother might rest a little. 1 However however ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 11 even even ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 selfish selfish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 15 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 17 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 18 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 xcomp _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 23 if if SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 25 expl _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 26 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 29 nsubj _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 29 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 ccomp _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 33 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 38 mark _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 fixed _ _ 35 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 37 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | her mother | | | | morning | however, tired *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **not** **help** | could | the selfish girl | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **see** *not said to happen* | gerund | the selfish girl *not said here* | it | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | anything | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **do** | to-infinitive | anything *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **rest** | might | girl's mother | a little | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location little=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: [Opening, part 24, 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/24/111/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/25/2/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/25/)