--- title: One evening, as she was, according to her custom, rambling round abo… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: One evening, as she was, according to her custom, rambling round about the courts and yards of the palace to see if she could smell any fresh meat, she heard, in a ground room, little Day crying, for his mamma was going to whip him, because he had been naughty; and she heard, at the same time, littl --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/108/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/) / 108 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, sentence 108 One evening, as she was, according to her custom, rambling round about the courts and yards of the palace to see if she could smell any fresh meat, she heard, in a ground room, little Day crying, for his mamma was going to whip him, because he had been naughty; and she heard, at the same time, little Morning begging pardon for her brother. **Who acts:** queen, little Day, mamma, little Morning · **What happens:** accord, be, ramble, see, smell, hear · **To what, where:** fresh meat, ground room, mamma, pardon This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (queen, little Day, mamma, little Morning), 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:pg503:10:108 # text = One evening, as she was, according to her custom, rambling round about the courts and yards of the palace to see if she could smell any fresh meat, she heard, in a ground room, little Day crying, for his mamma was going to whip him, because he had been naughty; and she heard, at the same time, little Morning begging pardon for her brother. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 case _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 8 fixed _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 custom custom NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 rambling ramble VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 conj _ _ 14 round round ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 about about ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 courts court NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 yards yard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 conj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 25 if if SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 smell smell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 ccomp _ _ 29 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 31 det _ _ 30 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 Day Day PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 appos _ _ 43 crying cry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 42 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 for for SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 mamma mamma NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 conj _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 whip whip VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 xcomp _ _ 52 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 54 because because SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 55 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 56 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 57 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 58 cop _ _ 58 naughty naughty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ; ; PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 61 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 62 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 64 at at ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 66 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 amod _ _ 67 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 69 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 amod _ _ 70 Morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 parataxis _ _ 71 begging beg VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 70 acl _ _ 72 pardon pardon NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obj _ _ 73 for for ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 74 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 75 nmod:poss _ _ 75 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | queen | | | | | accord queen's custom | tree rules | | 3 | **ramble** | gerund | queen *not said here* | | | | | about the courts and yards of the palace; round *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about court=Trajectory | | 4 | **see** | to-infinitive | queen *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **smell** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | queen | any fresh meat | | | | | vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer meat=Stimulus | | 6 | **hear** | past | queen | a ground room | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer room=Stimulus | | 7 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | little Day *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **go** | past · progressive | palace's mamma | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **whip** | to-infinitive | palace's mamma *not said here* | mamma | | | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent he=Material | | 10 | **is** | past · perfect | mamma | | | | | naughty *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **hear** | past | queen | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 12 | **beg** *speech: request* | gerund | little Morning *not said here* | pardon | | | | for queen's brother | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent pardon=Recipient for brother=Topic | 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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/107/) - next →: [sentence 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/109/) - ↑ back to [The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/)