--- title: Luckily, no rod was within her reach, and the Sodno managed, after a… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Luckily, no rod was within her reach, and the Sodno managed, after a little, to coax her back into good humour, and at length she told him that the youngest Stalo had buried his treasure under the very place where she was sitting. Who acts: rod, Sodno, woman, man. 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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 (rod, Sodno, woman, man), 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:pg3027:36:50 # text = Luckily, no rod was within her reach, and the Sodno managed, after a little, to coax her back into good humour, and at length she told him that the youngest Stalo had buried his treasure under the very place where she was sitting. 1 Luckily luckily ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 rod rod NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 within within ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 reach reach NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Sodno Sodno PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 managed manage VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 after after ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 coax coax VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 21 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 back back ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 23 into into ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 humour humour NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 iobj _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 36 amod _ _ 36 Stalo Stalo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 buried bury VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 ccomp _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 under under ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 very very ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 45 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 48 advmod _ _ 46 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 44 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | no rod | | | | | within woman's reach; luckily *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **manage** | past | the Sodno | | | | after a little | | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **coax back** | to-infinitive | | woman | | | | into good humour *result* | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent she=Patient into humour=Result | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | woman | | man | length | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **bury** | past · perfect · passive | | the youngest Stalo | | the place | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme treasure=Destination | | 6 | **sit** | past · progressive | woman | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **treasure** | | man | | | | | | nom treasure «possession transitive»: poss=agent | 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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/36/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/36/51/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/36/)