--- title: When it became clear that the slipper must have been carried out to… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When it became clear that the slipper must have been carried out to sea by the current, Diamantina turned her thoughts elsewhere, and sent messengers in search of the doctor who had brought relief to her father, begging him to make another slipper as fast as possible, to supply the place of the one --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/37/72/) [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/) / 72 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 37, sentence 72 When it became clear that the slipper must have been carried out to sea by the current, Diamantina turned her thoughts elsewhere, and sent messengers in search of the doctor who had brought relief to her father, begging him to make another slipper as fast as possible, to supply the place of the one which was lost. **Who acts:** Slipper, current, Diamantina · **What happens:** become, carry out, turn, send, bring, beg · **To what, where:** slipper, thoughts, messengers, search, doctor, king 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 (Slipper, current, Diamantina), 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:pg3027:37:72 # text = When it became clear that the slipper must have been carried out to sea by the current, Diamantina turned her thoughts elsewhere, and sent messengers in search of the doctor who had brought relief to her father, begging him to make another slipper as fast as possible, to supply the place of the one which was lost. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 4 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 slipper slipper NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 9 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 aux _ _ 10 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 12 out out ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 by by ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 current current NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 19 Diamantina Diamantina PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 thoughts thought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 23 elsewhere elsewhere ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 27 messengers messenger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 search search NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 doctor doctor NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl:relcl _ _ 36 relief relief NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 begging beg VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 advcl _ _ 45 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 46 det _ _ 46 slipper slipper NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 as as ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 44 advmod _ _ 49 as as SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 50 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 supply supply VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 conj _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nmod _ _ 59 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 61 nsubj:pass _ _ 60 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 aux:pass _ _ 61 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 58 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | past | Slipper | | | | | clear *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **carry out** | must · perfect · passive | the current | the slipper | | | | to sea | vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Eventuality | | 3 | **turn** | past | Diamantina | Diamantina's thoughts | | | | elsewhere *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent thought=Theme | | 4 | **send** | past | Diamantina *not said here* | messengers | | search of the doctor | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent messenger=Theme in search=Destination | | 5 | **bring** | past · perfect · passive | | the doctor | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Destination relief=Theme | | 6 | **beg** *speech: request* | gerund | Diamantina *not said here* | | king | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 7 | **make** | to-infinitive | Diamantina *not said here* | another slipper | | | | fast *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset slipper=Product | | 8 | **supply** | to-infinitive | Diamantina *not said here* | the place of the one | | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Recipient | | 9 | **lose** | past · passive | | the one | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 10 | **think** | | Diamantina | | | | | | nom thought «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **search** | | | the doctor | | | | | nom search «act transitive»: of=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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/37/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/37/73/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/37/)