--- title: Cinderella was likewise called up to them to be consulted in all the… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Cinderella was likewise called up to them to be consulted in all these matters, for she had excellent notions, and advised them always for the best, nay, and offered her services to dress their heads, which they were very willing she should do. Who acts: Cinderella, heads. 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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 (Cinderella, heads), 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:pg503:11:17 # text = Cinderella was likewise called up to them to be consulted in all these matters, for she had excellent notions, and advised them always for the best, nay, and offered her services to dress their heads, which they were very willing she should do. 1 Cinderella cinderella NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 likewise likewise ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 to to SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 consulted consult VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 14 det:predet _ _ 13 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 14 det _ _ 14 matters matter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 19 excellent excellent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 notions notion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 advised advise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 24 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 23 advmod _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 nay nay INTJ UH _ 23 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 offered offer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 services service NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 dress dress VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 38 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 44 very very ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 willing willing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 conj _ _ 46 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call up** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | Cinderella | | | | likewise *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 2 | **consult** | to-infinitive · passive | | amends *= amend* | | all matters | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **have** | past | Cinderella | excellent notions | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent notion=Patient | | 4 | **advise** *speech: other* | past | | amends *= amend* | | | | for the best; always *property* | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 5 | **offer** | past | | Cinderella's services | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent service=Theme | | 6 | **dress** | to-infinitive | | amends's heads | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient | | 7 | **is** | past | amends's heads | | | | | willing *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **do** | should | Cinderella | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **service** | | Cinderella | | | | | | nom service «act 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 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/11/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/11/18/) - ↑ back to [Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/11/)