--- title: Ever since she had been obliged to leave her work and pass her time,… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Ever since she had been obliged to leave her work and pass her time, she did not know why, in counting cabbages, everything had gone wrong, and she could not get a labourer to stay with her because of her bad temper. Who acts: Barbaik, everything. 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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 (Barbaik, everything), 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:pg3454:33:41 # text = Ever since she had been obliged to leave her work and pass her time, she did not know why, in counting cabbages, everything had gone wrong, and she could not get a labourer to stay with her because of her bad temper. 1 Ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 6 advmod _ _ 2 since since SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 20 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 in in SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 23 counting count VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 conj _ _ 24 cabbages cabbage NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 28 nsubj _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 acl:relcl _ _ 29 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 labourer labourer NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 acl _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 42 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 46 case _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 42 fixed _ _ 44 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 45 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 temper temper NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **oblige** | past · perfect · passive | | Barbaik | | | ever | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **leave** | to-infinitive | | Barbaik's work | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Theme | | 3 | **pass** | infinitive | | | | | time | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | Barbaik | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **count** | gerund | Barbaik *not said here* | cabbages | | | | | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cabbage=Theme | | 6 | **go** | past · perfect | everything | cabbages *not said here* | | | | wrong *property* | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cabbage=Theme | | 7 | **not** **get** | could | Barbaik | a labourer | | | | because Barbaik's bad temper | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer labourer=Stimulus | | 8 | **stay** | to-infinitive | Barbaik *not said here* | a labourer *not said here* | | | | with Barbaik | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with her=Location | | 9 | **work** | | Barbaik | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **temper** | | Barbaik | | | | | | nom temper «feeling transitive»: poss=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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/33/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/33/42/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/33/)