--- title: For a time they got on very well, but by and bye the donkey grew laz… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: For a time they got on very well, but by and bye the donkey grew lazy and ungrateful for her master’s kindness, and ran away several miles into the heart of the forest, where she did nothing but eat and eat and eat, till she grew so fat she could hardly move. Who acts: as, beast. 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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 (as, beast), 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:pg3454:5:100 # text = For a time they got on very well, but by and bye the donkey grew lazy and ungrateful for her master’s kindness, and ran away several miles into the heart of the forest, where she did nothing but eat and eat and eat, till she grew so fat she could hardly move. 1 For for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 on on ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 very very ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 11 by by SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 bye bye VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 donkey donkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 lazy lazy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 xcomp _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 ungrateful ungrateful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 conj _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ’s 's PART POS _ 22 case _ _ 24 kindness kindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 28 away away ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 29 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 31 into into ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 40 advmod _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 41 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 40 obj _ _ 42 but but CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 till till SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 50 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 conj _ _ 52 so so ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 53 fat fat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 xcomp _ _ 54 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 55 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 56 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 57 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get on** | past | as *= a* | a time *not said here* | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer time=Stimulus | | 2 | **bye** | infinitive | | the donkey | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **grow** | past | | | | | time | lazy *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **run away** | past | | several miles | | the heart of the forest | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent mile=Theme into heart=Trajectory | | 5 | **do** | past | beast | nothing | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality | | 6 | **eat** | present | beast *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **eat** | present | beast *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **eat** | present | beast *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **grow** | past | beast | | | | | fat *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **move** | could | beast | | | | | hardly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | 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 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/5/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/5/101/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/5/)