--- title: Of course, Jegu was only too pleased to be able to do anything for t… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Of course, Jegu was only too pleased to be able to do anything for the brownie, and he ordered Barbaik to spread her best table-cloths in the barn, and to make a quantity of little loaves and pancakes, and, besides, to keep all the milk given by the cows that morning. Who acts: 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 (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:pg3454:38:5 # text = Of course, Jegu was only too pleased to be able to do anything for the brownie, and he ordered Barbaik to spread her best table-cloths in the barn, and to make a quantity of little loaves and pancakes, and, besides, to keep all the milk given by the cows that morning. 1 Of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 4 Jegu Jegu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 too too ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 cop _ _ 11 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 13 obj _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 brownie brownie NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 22 Barbaik Barbaik PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 spread spread VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 25 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 26 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 29 amod _ _ 27 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 cloths cloth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 barn barn NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 quantity quantity NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 loaves loaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 pancakes pancake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 47 besides besides INTJ UH _ 50 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 51 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 53 det:predet _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 54 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 53 acl _ _ 55 by by ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 cows cow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 obl _ _ 58 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 59 det _ _ 59 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | | | | of Jegu; pleased *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **do** | to-infinitive | | anything | | | | for the brownie | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality | | 4 | **order** | past | Jegu | | Barbaik | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent barbaik=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **spread** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Jegu *not said here* | brownie's best table cloths | | the barn | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent cloth=Theme in barn=Destination | | 6 | **make** | to-infinitive | Jegu *not said here* | a quantity of little loaves and pancakes | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset quantity=Product | | 7 | **keep** | to-infinitive | | all milk | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milk=Theme | | 8 | **give** | participle | | all milk *not said here* | | | | by the cows that morning | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/38/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/38/6/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/38/)