--- title: So she ate what she wanted and took the others to the village, and g… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So she ate what she wanted and took the others to the village, and gave them in exchange for corn, and the women said that no pumpkins were as sweet as these, and that she was to bring every day all that she had. Who acts: many, women, pumpkins. 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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 (many, women, pumpkins), 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:pg3454:20:69 # text = So she ate what she wanted and took the others to the village, and gave them in exchange for corn, and the women said that no pumpkins were as sweet as these, and that she was to bring every day all that she had. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 obj _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 iobj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 exchange exchange NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 28 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 29 det _ _ 29 pumpkins pumpkin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 30 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 31 as as ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 ccomp _ _ 33 as as ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 42 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 43 det _ _ 43 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 all all ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 45 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 46 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | past | many | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient | | 2 | **want** | past | many | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 3 | **take** | past | many *not said here* | the others | | the village | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent other=Theme to village=Destination | | 4 | **give** | past | many *not said here* | | pumpkins *= pumpkin* | exchange for corn | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the women | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | past | no pumpkins | | | | | as these; sweet *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | past | many | | | | day | bring *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **have** | past | many | | | | | all *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/20/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/20/70/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/20/)