--- title: In spite of her fierce words, no one knew better than Barbaik how to… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In spite of her fierce words, no one knew better than Barbaik how to put her pride in her pocket when it suited her, and after receiving an invitation to a wedding, she begged the brownie to get her a horse to ride there. Who acts: one, pride, Barbaik. 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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 (one, pride, Barbaik), 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:pg3454:37:84 # text = In spite of her fierce words, no one knew better than Barbaik how to put her pride in her pocket when it suited her, and after receiving an invitation to a wedding, she begged the brownie to get her a horse to ride there. 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 spite spite NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 fierce fierce ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 8 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 9 det _ _ 9 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 10 advmod _ _ 12 than than ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Barbaik Barbaik PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 14 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 pride pride NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 22 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 suited suit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 25 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 28 after after SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 29 receiving receive VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 30 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 invitation invitation NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 brownie brownie NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 ccomp _ _ 42 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 ride ride VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 advcl _ _ 47 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | no one | | | spite of Barbaik's fierce words | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **put** | to-infinitive | | Barbaik's pride | | Barbaik's pocket | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pride=Theme in pocket=Destination | | 3 | **suit** | past | pride | Barbaik | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **receive** | gerund | Barbaik *not said here* | a invitation | | | | to a wedding | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent invitation=Theme | | 5 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | Barbaik | | the brownie | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent brownie=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | a horse | Barbaik | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary horse=Theme | | 7 | **ride** | to-infinitive | | | | there | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **spite** | | | Barbaik's fierce words | | | | | nom spite «feeling transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **word** | | Barbaik | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **pride** | | Barbaik | | | | | | nom pride «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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/37/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/37/85/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/37/)