--- title: And the girl was glad, and that night she was able to have supper he… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And the girl was glad, and that night she was able to have supper herself, and next day another woman borrowed her pot, and then another and another, for never were known so many accidents as befell the village pots at that time. Who acts: girl, night, woman. 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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, night, woman), 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:pg3454:20:57 # text = And the girl was glad, and that night she was able to have supper herself, and next day another woman borrowed her pot, and then another and another, for never were known so many accidents as befell the village pots at that time. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 8 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 supper supper NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 16 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 19 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl:unmarked _ _ 21 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 22 det _ _ 22 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 borrowed borrow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 24 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ _ 29 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 23 conj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 for for SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 35 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 parataxis _ _ 37 so so ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 accidents accident NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 40 as as ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 befell befall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 pots pot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ _ 45 at at ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 47 det _ _ 47 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the girl | | | | | glad *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | that night | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | to-infinitive | that night *not said here* | supper | | | | Girl *obl* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent supper=Patient | | 4 | **borrow** | past | another woman | Girl's pot | | | day | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pot=Theme | | 5 | **not** **know** | past · passive | | many accidents | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: accident=Stimulus | | 6 | **befall** | past | | the village pots | | | time | | tree rules | 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/20/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/20/58/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/20/)