--- title: However, as soon as she reached home, she went straight to her husba… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: However, as soon as she reached home, she went straight to her husband, and told him that he must get back those houses from his brother, as they would exactly suit her, and she could easily make them into a palace as fine as the king’s. Who acts: bride, husband, relations. 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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 (bride, husband, relations), 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:pg3454:19:61 # text = However, as soon as she reached home, she went straight to her husband, and told him that he must get back those houses from his brother, as they would exactly suit her, and she could easily make them into a palace as fine as the king’s. 1 However however ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 as as ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 home home ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 12 straight straight ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 iobj _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 24 back back ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 26 det _ _ 26 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 27 from from ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 as as SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 suit suit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 36 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 easily easily ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 43 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 into into ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 47 as as ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 49 as as ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ’s 's PART POS _ 51 case _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past | bride | | | | | home, however, soon *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **go** | past | bride | | | | | to bride's husband | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to husband=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | bride *not said here* | | husband | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **get back** | must | husband | that houses | | | | from house's brother | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent house=Theme from brother=Source | | 5 | **suit** | would | relations *= relation* | bride | | | | exactly *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **make** | could | bride | relations *= relation* | | a palace | | easily *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent they=Material into palace=Product | 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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/19/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/19/62/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/19/)