--- title: The girl had never heard of such a name, and did not like it, so she… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The girl had never heard of such a name, and did not like it, so she determined to pay no attention; but as she opened her mouth to tell her father that her husband must be called Njal, she found herself answering instead: “If I do marry it will be to no one except Hábogi.” Who acts: girl, name. 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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 (girl, name), 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:pg3282:13:76 # text = The girl had never heard of such a name, and did not like it, so she determined to pay no attention; but as she opened her mouth to tell her father that her husband must be called Njal, she found herself answering instead: “If I do marry it will be to no one except Hábogi.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 9 det:predet _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 like like VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 so so ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 determined determine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 23 det _ _ 23 attention attention NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 advcl _ _ 29 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 iobj _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 36 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 advcl _ _ 41 Njal Njal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 45 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 44 obj _ _ 46 answering answer VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 44 xcomp _ _ 47 instead instead ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 : : PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 49 “ " PUNCT `` _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 If if SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 51 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 marry marry VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 54 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 55 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 56 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 59 cop _ _ 57 to to ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 59 det _ _ 59 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 ccomp _ _ 60 except except ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 Hábogi Hábogi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ” " PUNCT '' _ 53 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **hear** | past · perfect · passive | | the girl | | | | of such name | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **like** | past · do-support | | name | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 3 | **determine** | past | girl | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **pay** | to-infinitive | girl *not said here* | no attention | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Asset | | 5 | **open** | past | girl | girl's mouth | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location mouth=Theme | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | girl *not said here* | | girl's father | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent father=Recipient | | 7 | **call** | must · passive | | girl's husband | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 8 | **find** | past | girl | girl | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent herself=Attribute clause=Theme | | 9 | **answer** *speech: assert* | gerund | girl *not said here* | | | | | instead *property* | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **marry** *in a quote* | present · do-support | | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 11 | **is** *in a quote* | future | name | | | | | to no one; except Hábogi | tree rules | 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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/13/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/13/77/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/13/)