--- title: Then the girl bade him measure out the ground for a storehouse, and… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the girl bade him measure out the ground for a storehouse, and this, she said, might be as large as he pleased; and when the storehouse was ready she proposed that they should set off to pay her parents a visit. Who acts: girl, storehouse, sounds. 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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, storehouse, sounds), 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:pg3282:20:61 # text = Then the girl bade him measure out the ground for a storehouse, and this, she said, might be as large as he pleased; and when the storehouse was ready she proposed that they should set off to pay her parents a visit. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 bade bade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 measure measure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 out out ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 storehouse storehouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 cop _ _ 22 as as ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 ccomp _ _ 24 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 29 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 33 advmod _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 storehouse storehouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 33 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 proposed propose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 ccomp _ _ 40 off off ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 43 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 visit visit NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bade** | past | the girl | husband | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **measure out** | infinitive | the girl *not said here* | the ground | | | | for a storehouse | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme ground=Value | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | girl | this | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | might | | | | | | large *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | past | the storehouse | | | | | ready *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **propose** | past | girl | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **set off** | should | sounds *= sound* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **pay** | to-infinitive | sounds *= sound* *not said here* | | girl's parents | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient visit=Asset | 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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/20/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/20/62/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/20/)