--- title: She went first to the cow-house, which it was her duty to keep clean… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She went first to the cow-house, which it was her duty to keep clean, but to her amazement she found fresh straw put down, the racks filled with hay, the cows milked, and the pails standing neatly in a row. Who acts: Barbaik, cow house, racks, pails. 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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, cow house, racks, pails), 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:pg3454:37:50 # text = She went first to the cow-house, which it was her duty to keep clean, but to her amazement she found fresh straw put down, the racks filled with hay, the cows milked, and the pails standing neatly in a row. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 2 advmod _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 duty duty NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 acl _ _ 17 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 amazement amazement NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 25 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 straw straw NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 ccomp _ _ 28 down down ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 racks rack NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj _ _ 32 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 hay hay NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 cows cow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj _ _ 38 milked milk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 pails pail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 43 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 42 acl _ _ 44 neatly neatly ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 row row NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Barbaik | | | the cow house | | first *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **is a** | past | the cow house | Barbaik's duty | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **keep** | to-infinitive | Barbaik *not said here* | | | | | clean *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **find** | past | Barbaik | | | | | to Barbaik's amazement | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **put down** | participle · passive | | fresh straw | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal | | 6 | **fill** | participle | | the racks *not said here* | | | | with hay | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with hay=Instrument | | 7 | **milk** | past | the racks | the pails | | | | | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pail=Source | | 8 | **stand** | gerund | the pails *not said here* | | | a row | | neatly *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in row=Location | | 9 | **amaze** | | Barbaik | | | | | | nom amazement «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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/37/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/37/51/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/37/)