--- title: Now she began to think how she never minded her husband leaving her… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now she began to think how she never minded her husband leaving her in the morning, and how she never found him neglecting to give her a sweet drink out of a gold cup just as she was going to bed. Who acts: joy, 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 (joy, 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:pg3454:13:31 # text = Now she began to think how she never minded her husband leaving her in the morning, and how she never found him neglecting to give her a sweet drink out of a gold cup just as she was going to bed. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 minded mind VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 leaving leave VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 acl _ _ 13 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 19 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 neglecting neglect VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 iobj _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 31 out out ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 35 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 36 just just ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | joy | | | | now | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | joy *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **not** **mind** | past | joy | joy's husband | | | | | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Theme | | 4 | **leave** | gerund | joy's husband *not said here* | joy | | | morning | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 5 | **neglect** | past | joy *not said here* | | | | | | vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **not** **give** | to-infinitive | joy *not said here* | a sweet drink | joy | a gold cup | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient drink=Theme | | 7 | **go** | past · progressive | joy | | | bed | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial\_Location | 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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/13/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/13/32/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/13/)