--- title: So they all loaded their father with commissions for jewels and dres… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So they all loaded their father with commissions for jewels and dresses which it would have taken a fortune to buy; only Beauty, feeling sure that it was of no use, did not ask for anything. Who acts: daughters, Beauty, fortune. 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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 (daughters, Beauty, fortune), 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:pg503:14:20 # text = So they all loaded their father with commissions for jewels and dresses which it would have taken a fortune to buy; only Beauty, feeling sure that it was of no use, did not ask for anything. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 4 loaded load VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 commissions commission NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 jewels jewel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 dresses dress VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 13 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 aux _ _ 17 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 ccomp _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 buy buy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 23 only only ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 Beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 feeling feel VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 acl _ _ 27 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 xcomp _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 33 det _ _ 33 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **load** | past | daughters *= daughter* | | daughters's father | | | with commissions for jewels | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent father=Destination with commission=Theme | | 2 | **dress** | present | daughters *= daughter* *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **take** | would · perfect · passive | | a fortune | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme fortune=Destination | | 4 | **buy** | to-infinitive | | a fortune *not said here* | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **feel** | gerund | Beauty *not said here* | | | | | sure *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **is** | past | fortune | | | | | of no use | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **ask** *speech: ask* | past · do-support | Beauty | | | | | for anything | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/14/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/14/21/) - ↑ back to [Beauty and the Beast, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/14/)