--- title: When she got home she ran to seek out her godmother, and, after havi… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When she got home she ran to seek out her godmother, and, after having thanked her, she said she could not but heartily wish she might go next day to the ball, because the King’s son had desired her. Who acts: amusing. 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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 (amusing), 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:pg503:11:60 # text = When she got home she ran to seek out her godmother, and, after having thanked her, she said she could not but heartily wish she might go next day to the ball, because the King’s son had desired her. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 4 home home ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 out out ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 godmother godmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 after after SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 aux _ _ 17 thanked thank VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 18 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 23 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 26 heartily heartily ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 31 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl:unmarked _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 37 because because SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ’s 's PART POS _ 39 case _ _ 41 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 desired desire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 conj _ _ 44 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | amusing | | | | | home *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **run** | past | amusing | | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **seek out** | to-infinitive | amusing *not said here* | amusing's godmother | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent godmother=Theme | | 4 | **thank** *speech: thank* | gerund · perfect | amusing *not said here* | | amusing | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | amusing | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **not** **go** | might | amusing | | | the ball | day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to ball=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **desire** | past · perfect · passive | | the King's son | | | | | tree rules | 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/11/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/11/61/) - ↑ back to [Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/11/)