--- title: When she appeared on holidays in her embroidered cap, five petticoat… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When she appeared on holidays in her embroidered cap, five petticoats, each one a little shorter than the other, and shoes with silver buckles, the women were all filled with envy, but little cared Barbaik what they might whisper behind her back as long as she knew that her clothes were finer than a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/37/17/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Lilac Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/) / [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/37/) / 17 # The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 37, sentence 17 When she appeared on holidays in her embroidered cap, five petticoats, each one a little shorter than the other, and shoes with silver buckles, the women were all filled with envy, but little cared Barbaik what they might whisper behind her back as long as she knew that her clothes were finer than anyone else’s and that she had more partners than any other girl. **Who acts:** girl, silver buckles, buckles, clothes · **What happens:** appear, embroider, fill, care, whisper, know · **To what, where:** shoes, holidays, women, Barbaik, more partners · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 37. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (girl, silver buckles, buckles, clothes), 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:pg3454:37:17 # text = When she appeared on holidays in her embroidered cap, five petticoats, each one a little shorter than the other, and shoes with silver buckles, the women were all filled with envy, but little cared Barbaik what they might whisper behind her back as long as she knew that her clothes were finer than anyone else’s and that she had more partners than any other girl. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 3 mark _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 holidays holiday NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 embroidered embroider VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 amod _ _ 9 cap cap NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 petticoats petticoat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 15 det _ _ 15 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 appos _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 little little ADV RB Degree=Pos 18 advmod _ _ 18 shorter short ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 15 amod _ _ 19 than than ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 buckles buckle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 32 all all ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 envy envy NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 little little ADV RB Degree=Pos 39 advmod _ _ 39 cared care VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 40 Barbaik Barbaik PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 41 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 44 obj _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 whisper whisper VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 ccomp _ _ 45 behind behind ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ _ 47 back back ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 48 as as ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 44 advmod _ _ 50 as as SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 51 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 advcl _ _ 53 that that SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 54 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 57 nsubj _ _ 56 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 cop _ _ 57 finer fine ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 52 ccomp _ _ 58 than than ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 57 obl _ _ 60 else else ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ’s 's PART POS _ 59 case _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 63 that that SCONJ IN _ 65 mark _ _ 64 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 65 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 conj _ _ 66 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 67 amod _ _ 67 partners partner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 65 obj _ _ 68 than than ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 69 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 71 det _ _ 70 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 71 amod _ _ 71 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **appear** | past | girl | shoes with silver buckles | | holidays | | in girl's embroidered cap and five petticoats | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on holiday=Location | | 2 | **embroider** | participle | | | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **fill** | past · passive | silver buckles *not said here* | the women | | | | with envy; all *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with envy=Instrument | | 4 | **care** | past | | Barbaik | | | | little *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | might | buckles *= buckle* | | | | | behind girl; long *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 6 | **know** | past | girl | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is** | past | girl's clothes | | | | | than anyone; fine *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **have** | past | girl | more partners | | | | than any other girl | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent partner=Patient | 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/37/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/37/18/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/37/)