--- title: Then they took counsel together, and watched her to see what she did… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then they took counsel together, and watched her to see what she did, and one of them followed her to the fountain where Djulung lived, and saw her give him all the rice she had saved from her breakfast. Who acts: sisters, girl, one, Djulung. 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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 (sisters, girl, one, Djulung), 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:pg3454:22:82 # text = Then they took counsel together, and watched her to see what she did, and one of them followed her to the fountain where Djulung lived, and saw her give him all the rice she had saved from her breakfast. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 counsel counsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 together together ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 watched watch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 12 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 14 obj _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 nsubj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nmod _ _ 20 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 21 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 fountain fountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 27 advmod _ _ 26 Djulung Djulung PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 31 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 iobj _ _ 34 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 36 det:predet _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 rice rice NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 saved save VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 acl:relcl _ _ 40 from from ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 breakfast breakfast NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | sisters *= sister* | counsel | | | then | together *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent counsel=Theme | | 2 | **watch** | past | sisters *= sister* *not said here* | girl | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **see** | to-infinitive | girl *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **do** | past | girl | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 5 | **follow** | past | one of sisters | girl | | the fountain | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme to fountain=Trajectory | | 6 | **live** | past | Djulung | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **see** | past | sisters *= sister* *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **give** | infinitive | girl | all rice | Djulung | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient rice=Theme | | 9 | **save** | past · perfect | girl | all rice *not said here* | | girl's breakfast | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent rice=Theme from breakfast=Source | 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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/22/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/22/83/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/22/)