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title: Soon after dinner the big sister said: ‘Now we have eaten up the ras… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: Soon after dinner the big sister said: ‘Now we have eaten up the raspberries and we have none left to make preserve for the winter; it would be fine if we could get two baskets full of berries, then we could clean them this evening, and to-morrow we could cook them in the big preserving pan, and the
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# The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 24, sentence 118

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Soon after dinner the big sister said: ‘Now we have eaten up the raspberries and we have none left to make preserve for the winter; it would be fine if we could get two baskets full of berries, then we could clean them this evening, and to-morrow we could cook them in the big preserving pan, and then we should have raspberry jam to eat on our bread!’

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**Who acts:** big sister, we · **What happens:** say, eat up, have, leave, make, be · **To what, where:** raspberries, none, preserve, two baskets, baskets, raspberry jam · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 24. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (big sister, we), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg3454:24:118
# text = Soon after dinner the big sister said: ‘Now we have eaten up the raspberries and we have none left to make preserve for the winter; it would be fine if we could get two baskets full of berries, then we could clean them this evening, and to-morrow we could cook them in the big preserving pan, and then we should have raspberry jam to eat on our bread!’
1	Soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
2	after	after	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
9	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
11	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	conj	_	_
14	up	up	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	raspberries	raspberry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	_
20	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	19	obj	_	_
21	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	acl	_	_
22	to	to	PART	TO	_	23	mark	_	_
23	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	advcl	_	_
24	preserve	preserve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	_
25	for	for	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	32	punct	_	_
29	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	expl	_	_
30	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	32	aux	_	_
31	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	32	cop	_	_
32	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
33	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	36	mark	_	_
34	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	36	nsubj	_	_
35	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	36	aux	_	_
36	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	32	csubj	_	_
37	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	38	nummod	_	_
38	baskets	basket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	obj	_	_
39	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	berries	berry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
43	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	46	advmod	_	_
44	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	46	nsubj	_	_
45	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	46	aux	_	_
46	clean	clean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	32	parataxis	_	_
47	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	obj	_	_
48	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	49	det	_	_
49	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
51	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	_
52	to	to	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	52	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	morrow	morrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	obl	_	_
55	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	57	nsubj	_	_
56	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	57	aux	_	_
57	cook	cook	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
58	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	57	obj	_	_
59	in	in	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
60	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	63	det	_	_
61	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	63	amod	_	_
62	preserving	preserve	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	63	amod	_	_
63	pan	pan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	69	punct	_	_
65	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	69	cc	_	_
66	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	69	advmod	_	_
67	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	69	nsubj	_	_
68	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	69	aux	_	_
69	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	ccomp	_	_
70	raspberry	raspberry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	71	compound	_	_
71	jam	jam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	obj	_	_
72	to	to	PART	TO	_	73	mark	_	_
73	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	71	acl	_	_
74	on	on	ADP	IN	_	76	case	_	_
75	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	76	nmod:poss	_	_
76	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	73	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
77	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	69	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
78	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	69	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the big sister |  |  |  | after dinner | soon *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **eat up** | present · perfect | we | the raspberries |  |  | now |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent raspberry=Patient |
| 3 | **have** | present | we | none |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent none=Patient |
| 4 | **leave** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | preserve |  |  | winter |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset preserve=Product |
| 6 | **is** | would | the big sister *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **get** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | we | two baskets |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer basket=Stimulus |
| 8 | **clean** | could | we | baskets *= basket* |  |  | then; evening |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 9 | **cook** | could | we | baskets *= basket* |  |  |  | to morrow *result*; in the big preserving pan | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.result PP.instrument»: agent=Agent they=Patient to morrow=Result in pan=Instrument |
| 10 | **preserve** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 11 | **have** | should | we | raspberry jam |  |  | then |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jam=Patient |
| 12 | **eat** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | raspberry jam *not said here* |  | our bread |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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**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.

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