--- title: She cried to her master that someone had stolen both the bag and the… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She cried to her master that someone had stolen both the bag and the bridge, and the Bad One rushed in, mad with anger, and bade her go and seek for footsteps outside, that they might find out where the thief had gone. Who acts: servant, someone, bade, footsteps. 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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 (servant, someone, bade, footsteps), 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:pg3282:7:29 # text = She cried to her master that someone had stolen both the bag and the bridge, and the Bad One rushed in, mad with anger, and bade her go and seek for footsteps outside, that they might find out where the thief had gone. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 9 nsubj _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 stolen steal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 10 both both CCONJ CC _ 12 cc:preconj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 Bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 One one NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 21 rushed rush VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl _ _ 22 in in ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 bade bade NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 30 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 punct _ _ 31 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 footsteps footstep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 36 outside outside ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 42 out out ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 43 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 47 advmod _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 thief thief NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 46 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | servant | | servant's master | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to master=Recipient | | 2 | **steal** | past · perfect | someone | the bag and the bridge | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bag=Theme | | 3 | **rush in** | participle | | the Bad One *not said here* | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **go** | infinitive | bade | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **seek** | infinitive | bade *not said here* | | | | | for footsteps; outside *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for footstep=Theme | | 6 | **find out** | might | footsteps *= footstep* | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **go** | past · perfect | the thief | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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/pg3282/7/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/7/30/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/7/)