--- title: ‘Of course, Jegu must have done this in the hope of my giving him a… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Of course, Jegu must have done this in the hope of my giving him a dance,’ she thought to herself, and when she met him outside the door she stopped and thanked him for his help. Who acts: my, dance, Jegu. 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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 (my, dance, Jegu), 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:pg3454:37:51 # text = ‘Of course, Jegu must have done this in the hope of my giving him a dance,’ she thought to herself, and when she met him outside the door she stopped and thanked him for his help. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 5 Jegu Jegu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 6 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux _ _ 8 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 9 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 obj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 hope hope NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 of of SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 acl _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 iobj _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 dance dance NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ’ ' CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 29 advmod _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 outside outside ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 thanked thank VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | must · perfect | | this | | the hope | | of Jegu | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality | | 2 | **give** | gerund | my | a dance | Jegu | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient dance=Theme | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | dance | | dance | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **meet** | past | dance | Jegu | | | | outside the door | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 5 | **stop** | past | dance | the door *not said here* | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector door=Eventuality | | 6 | **thank** *speech: thank* | past | dance *not said here* | | Jegu | | | for Jegu's help | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Theme for help=Attribute | | 7 | **help** | | Jegu | | | | | | nom help «act 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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/37/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/37/52/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/37/)