--- title: Thakane, in great surprise, asked the meaning of her distress; and t… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Thakane, in great surprise, asked the meaning of her distress; and the old woman told her that it was the custom in that country that all the girls who were born should be given to the ogre to eat. Who acts: Thakane, old woman, meaning, mother. 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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 (Thakane, old woman, meaning, mother), 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:pg3282:15:123 # text = Thakane, in great surprise, asked the meaning of her distress; and the old woman told her that it was the custom in that country that all the girls who were born should be given to the ogre to eat. 1 Thakane Thakane PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 surprise surprise NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 7 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 distress distress NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 iobj _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 custom custom NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 ccomp _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 det _ _ 27 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 29 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 31 det:predet _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 girls girl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl:relcl _ _ 35 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 ccomp _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 ogre ogre NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Thakane | the meaning of mother's distress | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent meaning=Recipient | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the old woman | | mother | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **is a** | past | meaning | the custom | | that country | | | tree rules | | 4 | **bear** | past · passive | | all girls | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **give** | should · passive | | all girls | the ogre | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to ogre=Recipient | | 6 | **eat** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **mean** | | | mother's distress | | | | | nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **distress** | | mother | | | | | | nom distress «feeling 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 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/15/122/) - next →: [The Brown Fairy Book, part 16, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/16/1/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/15/)