--- title: They were delighted with their new toy, and one or the other held it… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They were delighted with their new toy, and one or the other held it in her hand till bedtime came, and then it was a long time before they could make up their minds where it would be safest for the night. Who acts: girls, one, bedtime. 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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 (girls, one, bedtime), 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:pg3282:29:38 # text = They were delighted with their new toy, and one or the other held it in her hand till bedtime came, and then it was a long time before they could make up their minds where it would be safest for the night. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 toy toy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 10 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nsubj _ _ 11 or or CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ _ 14 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 19 till till SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 bedtime bedtime NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 24 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 30 before before SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 acl _ _ 34 up up ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 35 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 minds mind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 37 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 41 advmod _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 cop _ _ 41 safest safe ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 36 conj _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | girls *= girl* | | | | | with girls's new toy; delighted *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hold** | past | one | toy | | river's hand | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in hand=Location | | 3 | **come** | past | bedtime | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is a** | past | bedtime | a long time | | | then | | tree rules | | 5 | **make up** | could | girls *= girl* | girls's minds | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | | 6 | **is** | would | bedtime | | | | night | safe *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **mind** | | girls *= girl* | | | | | | nom mind «cognition 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/29/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/29/39/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/29/)