--- title: When she had finished this task she would take a walk through the to… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When she had finished this task she would take a walk through the town, so that the poor people might have a chance of speaking with her, and telling her of their troubles; and then she would seek out her father, and together they would consult over the best means of giving help to those who needed --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/37/20/) [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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/37/) / 20 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 37, sentence 20 When she had finished this task she would take a walk through the town, so that the poor people might have a chance of speaking with her, and telling her of their troubles; and then she would seek out her father, and together they would consult over the best means of giving help to those who needed it. **Who acts:** princess, poor people, chance, people, telling · **What happens:** finish, take, have, speak, tell, seek out · **To what, where:** task, walk, town, chance, princess, father · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 37. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (princess, poor people, chance, people), 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:pg3027:37:20 # text = When she had finished this task she would take a walk through the town, so that the poor people might have a chance of speaking with her, and telling her of their troubles; and then she would seek out her father, and together they would consult over the best means of giving help to those who needed it. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 task task NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 walk walk NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 through through ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 16 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 22 mark _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 fixed _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj _ _ 21 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 of of SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 26 speaking speak VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 acl _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 31 telling tell VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 54 csubj _ _ 32 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 iobj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 troubles trouble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 41 advmod _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 42 out out ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 43 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 47 together together ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 48 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 consult consult VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 51 over over ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 50 obl _ _ 54 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 55 of of SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 56 giving give VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 54 ccomp _ _ 57 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 58 to to ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 56 obl _ _ 60 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 61 nsubj _ _ 61 needed need VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 acl:relcl _ _ 62 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **finish** | past · perfect | princess | this task | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector task=Eventuality | | 2 | **take** | would | princess | a walk | | the town | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent walk=Theme | | 3 | **have** | might | the poor people | a chance | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chance=Patient | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | a chance *not said here* | | | | | with princess | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with she=Co-Agent | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | princess | | | of people's troubles | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 6 | **seek out** | would | princess | princess's father | | | then | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Theme | | 7 | **consult** | would | people | | | the best | | together *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **mean** | present | telling | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **give** | gerund | | help | those | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent help=Theme to that=Recipient | | 10 | **need** | past | | help | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 11 | **trouble** | | people | | | | | | nom trouble «cognition 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/37/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/37/21/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/37/)