--- title: So they did this; but the more they put in the more room there seeme… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So they did this; but the more they put in the more room there seemed to be, and at last they put back all the jewels and dresses they had taken out, and Beauty even added as many more of the jewels as she could carry at once; and then the trunks were not too full, but they were so heavy that an ele --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/15/39/) [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/) / [Beauty and the Beast, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/15/) / 39 # The Blue Fairy Book, Beauty and the Beast, part 2, sentence 39 So they did this; but the more they put in the more room there seemed to be, and at last they put back all the jewels and dresses they had taken out, and Beauty even added as many more of the jewels as she could carry at once; and then the trunks were not too full, but they were so heavy that an elephant could not have carried them! **Who acts:** trunks, more room, Beauty · **What happens:** do, put, seem, be, put back, take out · **To what, where:** this, more room, last, jewels, many more, elephant This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Beauty and the Beast, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (trunks, more room, Beauty), 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:pg503:15:39 # text = So they did this; but the more they put in the more room there seemed to be, and at last they put back all the jewels and dresses they had taken out, and Beauty even added as many more of the jewels as she could carry at once; and then the trunks were not too full, but they were so heavy that an elephant could not have carried them! 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ; ; PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 10 advmod _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 14 amod _ _ 14 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 16 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 at at ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 obl _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 25 back back ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 28 det:predet _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 jewels jewel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 dresses dress NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 conj _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 conj _ _ 34 out out ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 Beauty Beauty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 38 even even ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 added add VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 40 as as ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 39 obj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 jewels jewel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ _ 46 as as SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 47 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 50 at at ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ; ; PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 54 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 60 advmod _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 trunks trunk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 nsubj _ _ 57 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 cop _ _ 58 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 60 advmod _ _ 59 too too ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ _ 60 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 62 but but CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 63 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 64 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 66 cop _ _ 65 so so ADV RB _ 66 advmod _ _ 66 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 67 that that SCONJ IN _ 73 mark _ _ 68 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 elephant elephant NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 nsubj:pass _ _ 70 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 73 aux _ _ 71 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 73 advmod _ _ 72 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 73 aux _ _ 73 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 66 advcl _ _ 74 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 73 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 75 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | trunks *= trunk* | this | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality | | 2 | **put** | past | trunks *= trunk* | | | the more room | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in room=Destination | | 3 | **seem** | past | the more room *not said here* | | | there | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 4 | **be** | to-infinitive | the more room *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **put back** | past | trunks *= trunk* | | | last | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent at last=Destination | | 6 | **take out** | past · perfect · passive | | all jewels and dresses | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **add** *speech: assert* | past | Beauty | many more | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Patient | | 8 | **carry** | could | Beauty | | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **not** **is** | past | the trunks | | | | then | full *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **is** | past | trunks *= trunk* | | | | | heavy *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **not** **carry** | could · perfect · passive | | a elephant | | | | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary they=Value | 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/15/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/15/40/) - ↑ back to [Beauty and the Beast, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/15/)