--- title: So, like a well-brought-up girl, Barbaik answered that it should be… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So, like a well-brought-up girl, Barbaik answered that it should be as her father pleased, knowing quite well that old Riou had often said that after he was dead there was no one so capable of carrying on the farm. Who acts: Barbaik, much, Riou, one. 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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, much, Riou, one), 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:pg3454:37:67 # text = So, like a well-brought-up girl, Barbaik answered that it should be as her father pleased, knowing quite well that old Riou had often said that after he was dead there was no one so capable of carrying on the farm. 1 So so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 like like ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 5 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 up up ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 10 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 Barbaik Barbaik PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 16 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 17 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 cop _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 24 quite quite ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 23 advmod _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 27 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 Riou Riou PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 often often ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 ccomp _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 after after ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 advcl _ _ 37 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 38 expl _ _ 38 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 39 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 40 det _ _ 40 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 41 so so ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 capable capable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 43 of of SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 44 carrying carry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 42 advcl _ _ 45 on on ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 farm farm NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring up** | participle | | | | | | well *property* | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Barbaik | | | | | like a brought girl | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | should | much | | | | | pleased *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **know** | gerund | Barbaik *not said here* | | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect · passive | | old Riou | | | | often *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | | 6 | **is** | past | Riou | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **be** | past | no one | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **carry** | gerund | no one *not said here* | | | the farm | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/37/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/37/68/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/37/)