--- title: For some days Thakane stayed quietly at home, and her husband began… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: For some days Thakane stayed quietly at home, and her husband began to think that the man had been mistaken; but at last she said to her husband: “I am going to bathe in the river.” Who acts: Thakane, husband. 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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, husband), 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:pg3282:16:29 # text = For some days Thakane stayed quietly at home, and her husband began to think that the man had been mistaken; but at last she said to her husband: “I am going to bathe in the river.” 1 For for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 3 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 4 Thakane Thakane PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 mistaken mistake VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 at at ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 obl _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 : : PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 32 “ " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 ccomp _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 bathe bathe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | past | Thakane | | | home | day | quietly *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location | | 2 | **begin** | past | Thakane's husband | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | Thakane's husband *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **mistake** | past · perfect · passive | | the man | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Thakane | | Thakane's husband | last | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to husband=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **go** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Thakane | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **bathe** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Thakane *not said here* | | | | | in the river | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in river=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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/16/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/16/30/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/16/)