--- title: Then Gudu's betrothed, who had been watching for him, brought out a… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then Gudu's betrothed, who had been watching for him, brought out a pitcher of water--which she poured over them to wash off the dust of the road--and two portions of food. Who acts: Gudu, pitcher. 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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 (Gudu, pitcher), 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:pg3027:3:105 # text = Then Gudu's betrothed, who had been watching for him, brought out a pitcher of water--which she poured over them to wash off the dust of the road--and two portions of food. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ _ 2 Gudu Gudu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 betrothed betroth VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 aux _ _ 9 watching watch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 acl _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 out out ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 pitcher pitcher NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 -- -- PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 poured pour VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 23 over over ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 wash wash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ _ 27 off off ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 -- -- PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 nummod _ _ 36 portions portion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **betroth** | participle | | Gudu *not said here* | | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **watch** | past · perfect · progressive | Gudu | | | | | for Gudu | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for he=Theme | | 3 | **bring out** | past | Gudu | | | | then | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **pour** | past | a pitcher of water | two portions of food | | | | over leaves *= leaf* | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over they=Location | | 5 | **wash off** | to-infinitive | a pitcher of water *not said here* | the dust of the road | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dust=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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/3/104/) - next →: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/3/106/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/3/)