--- title: So, taking her son on her arm, and hanging a little earthen pot for… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So, taking her son on her arm, and hanging a little earthen pot for cooking round her neck, she left her house with its great peacock fans and slaves and seats of ivory, and plunged into the forest. Who acts: girl. 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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), 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:pg3454:21:59 # text = So, taking her son on her arm, and hanging a little earthen pot for cooking round her neck, she left her house with its great peacock fans and slaves and seats of ivory, and plunged into the forest. 1 So so ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 hanging hang VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 14 earthen earthen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 cooking cooking NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 18 round round ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 24 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 27 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 28 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 29 peacock peacock NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 fans fan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 slaves slave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 conj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 seats seat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 conj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 ivory ivory NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 plunged plunge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 conj _ _ 40 into into ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | gerund | girl *not said here* | girl's son | | girl's arm | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent son=Theme on arm=Destination | | 2 | **hang** | gerund | girl *not said here* | a little earthen pot | | | | for cooking; round girl's neck | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pot=Patient | | 3 | **leave** | past | girl | girl's house | | | | with house's great peacock fans and slaves and seats of ivory | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent house=Recipient with fan=Theme | | 4 | **plunge** | participle | girl *not said here* | | | the forest | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into forest=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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/21/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/21/60/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/21/)