--- title: But first I will divide with you all that my parents left me,’ and g… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But first I will divide with you all that my parents left me,’ and going to her room, she opened a small chest, and took from it a bell, a knife, and a little stick. Who acts: I, parents, 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 (I, parents, 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:pg3454:33:92 # text = But first I will divide with you all that my parents left me,’ and going to her room, she opened a small chest, and took from it a bell, a knife, and a little stick. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 advmod _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 divide divide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 12 advmod _ _ 9 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 obj _ _ 10 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 12 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 13 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ _ 18 to to 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 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 chest chest NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 30 from from ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 bell bell NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **divide** | future | I | | | | | with you; first *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with you=Instrument | | 2 | **leave** | past | my parents | that | me | | | | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent i=Theme that=Attribute | | 3 | **go** | gerund | my parents *not said here* | | | girl's room | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to room=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **open** | past | girl | a small chest | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location chest=Theme | | 5 | **take** | past | girl *not said here* | a bell and a knife | | chest | | a little stick *obl* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent bell=Theme from it=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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/33/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/33/93/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/33/)