--- title: It took him some time to make up his mind, for no turtle likes being… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: It took him some time to make up his mind, for no turtle likes being hurried, but at length he found one girl who seemed prettier and more industrious than the rest, and one day he entered her home, and said: “Will you marry me?” Who acts: It, turtle, kind, one girl. 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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 (It, turtle, kind, one girl), 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:pg3282:11:88 # text = It took him some time to make up his mind, for no turtle likes being hurried, but at length he found one girl who seemed prettier and more industrious than the rest, and one day he entered her home, and said: “Will you marry me?” 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 5 det _ _ 5 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 8 up up ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 for for SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 14 det _ _ 14 turtle turtle NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 likes like VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 16 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 hurried hurry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 24 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nummod _ _ 25 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 28 prettier pretty ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 27 xcomp _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 31 advmod _ _ 31 industrious industrious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 conj _ _ 32 than than ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nummod _ _ 38 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl:unmarked _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 41 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 : : PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 47 “ " PUNCT `` _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 Will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 49 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 ccomp _ _ 51 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ? ? PUNCT . _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ” " PUNCT '' _ 50 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | It | | kind | | time | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | | 2 | **make up** | to-infinitive | | kind's mind | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | | 3 | **like** | present | no turtle | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **hurry** *not said to happen* | gerund · passive | no turtle *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V» | | 5 | **find** | past | kind | one girl | | length | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent girl=Theme at length=Asset | | 6 | **seem** | past | one girl | | | | | pretty *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **enter** | past | kind | girl's home | | | day | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme home=Destination | | 8 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **marry** *in a quote* | future | you | me | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 10 | **mind** | | kind | | | | | | nom mind «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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/11/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/11/89/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/11/)