--- title: At length she remembered that one of her friends had a large iron po… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At length she remembered that one of her friends had a large iron pot, and when the turtle had gone to his room to put away his fringes, she ran over to her neighbour’s and brought it back. Who acts: woman, one, turtle. 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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 (woman, one, turtle), 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:pg3282:12:49 # text = At length she remembered that one of her friends had a large iron pot, and when the turtle had gone to his room to put away his fringes, she ran over to her neighbour’s and brought it back. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 remembered remember VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nsubj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 10 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 13 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 17 when when SCONJ WRB _ 21 mark _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 turtle turtle NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 27 away away ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 fringes fringe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 33 over over ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 neighbour neighbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ’s 's PART POS _ 36 case _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 back back ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remember** | past | woman | | | length | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **have** | past | one of woman's friends | a large iron pot | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pot=Patient | | 3 | **go** | past · perfect | the turtle | | | turtle's room | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to room=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **put away** | to-infinitive | the turtle *not said here* | turtle's fringes | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent fringe=Goal | | 5 | **run over** | past | woman | | | | | to woman's neighbour *result*; over *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to neighbour=Result | | 6 | **bring back** | past | woman *not said here* | pot | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Theme | 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/12/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/12/50/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/12/)