--- title: It was very early in the morning when the party set out, and Helga’s… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: It was very early in the morning when the party set out, and Helga’s two sisters grew green with envy as they passed the flocks of sheep, and cows, and horses, and heard that the best of each was given to Helga herself; but when they caught sight of the poor little house which was to be her home the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/14/31/) [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 Brown Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/) / [The Brown Fairy Book, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/14/) / 31 # The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 14, sentence 31 It was very early in the morning when the party set out, and Helga’s two sisters grew green with envy as they passed the flocks of sheep, and cows, and horses, and heard that the best of each was given to Helga herself; but when they caught sight of the poor little house which was to be her home their hearts grew light again. **Who acts:** wedding, two sisters, sisters, hearts · **What happens:** be, set out, grow, pass, hear, give · **To what, where:** party, cows, flocks, best, Helga, sight · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wedding, two sisters, sisters, hearts), 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:pg3282:14:31 # text = It was very early in the morning when the party set out, and Helga’s two sisters grew green with envy as they passed the flocks of sheep, and cows, and horses, and heard that the best of each was given to Helga herself; but when they caught sight of the poor little house which was to be her home their hearts grew light again. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl:relcl _ _ 12 out out ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 15 Helga Helga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ’s 's PART POS _ 15 case _ _ 17 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 19 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 20 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 xcomp _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 envy envy NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 flocks flock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 cows cow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 41 obl _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 38 ccomp _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 Helga Helga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 48 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ; ; PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 but but CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 51 when when SCONJ WRB _ 53 mark _ _ 52 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 54 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 57 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 58 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ _ 60 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 65 nsubj _ _ 61 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 cop _ _ 62 to to PART TO _ 65 mark _ _ 63 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 65 cop _ _ 64 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nmod:poss _ _ 65 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 66 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 67 nmod:poss _ _ 67 hearts heart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 68 nsubj _ _ 68 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 acl:relcl _ _ 69 light light ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 xcomp _ _ 70 again again ADV RB _ 69 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | wedding | | | | in the morning | early *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **set out** | participle · passive | | the party | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **grow** | past | Helga's two sisters | cows | | | | with envy; horses *obl*; green *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **pass** | past | sisters *= sister* | the flocks of sheep | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme flock=Trajectory | | 5 | **hear** | past | Helga's two sisters *not said here* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **give** | past · passive | | the best | Helga | | | Helga *obl* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to helga=Recipient | | 7 | **catch** | past | sisters *= sister* | sight of the poor little house | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Theme | | 8 | **is a** | past | | Helga's home | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **grow** | past | sisters's hearts | Helga's home *not said here* | | | | light *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location home=Theme | | 10 | **sight** | | | the poor little house | | | | | nom sight «cognition 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 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/14/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/14/32/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/14/)