--- title: ‘Not yet,’ replied the apple in the kitchen, but when in a few minut… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Not yet,’ replied the apple in the kitchen, but when in a few minutes, he put the question for the fourth time and received an answer from the apple outside the house door, he guessed what had happened, and ran to the room to look for himself. Who acts: husband. 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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 (husband), 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:pg3454:29:49 # text = ‘Not yet,’ replied the apple in the kitchen, but when in a few minutes, he put the question for the fourth time and received an answer from the apple outside the house door, he guessed what had happened, and ran to the room to look for himself. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 yet yet ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 6 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 14 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 fourth fourth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 27 amod _ _ 27 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 30 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 from from ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 35 outside outside ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 guessed guess VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 42 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 44 nsubj _ _ 43 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 advcl _ _ 53 for for ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | | the apple | | the kitchen | yet | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent apple=Topic | | 2 | **put** | past | husband | the question | | | minute; time | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent question=Goal | | 3 | **receive** | past | husband *not said here* | a answer | | the apple outside the house door | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent answer=Theme from apple=Source | | 4 | **guess** | past | husband | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **happen** | past · perfect | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **run** | past | | | | | | to the room *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to room=Result | | 7 | **look** | to-infinitive | | | | | | for husband | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for himself=Theme | 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/29/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/29/50/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/29/)