--- title: This, also, she thought was the work of Jegu, and she could not help… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This, also, she thought was the work of Jegu, and she could not help feeling that a husband of this sort would be very useful to a girl who liked to lie in bed and to amuse herself. Who acts: This, pound, husband, 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 (This, pound, husband, 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:pg3454:37:57 # text = This, also, she thought was the work of Jegu, and she could not help feeling that a husband of this sort would be very useful to a girl who liked to lie in bed and to amuse herself. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 also also ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Jegu Jegu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 17 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 18 feeling feel VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 xcomp _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 24 sort sort NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 26 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 cop _ _ 27 very very ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 useful useful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 ccomp _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 33 liked like VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 amuse amuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 41 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | This | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | past | | the work | | | | of Jegu | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **help** | could | pound | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **feel** *not said to happen* | gerund | pound *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **is** | would | a husband of this sort | | | | | to a girl; useful *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **like** | past | a girl | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **lie** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a girl *not said here* | | | bed | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in bed=Location | | 8 | **amuse** | to-infinitive | a girl *not said here* | pound | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus herself=Experiencer | 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/37/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/37/58/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/37/)