--- title: As the time drew near she divided all her little possessions between… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As the time drew near she divided all her little possessions between her sisters, and said good-by to everything she loved, and when the fatal day came she encouraged and cheered her father as they mounted together the horse which had brought him back. Who acts: Beauty, fatal day, possessions. 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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 (Beauty, fatal day, possessions), 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:pg503:15:7 # text = As the time drew near she divided all her little possessions between her sisters, and said good-by to everything she loved, and when the fatal day came she encouraged and cheered her father as they mounted together the horse which had brought him back. 1 As as ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 4 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 near near ADP IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 divided divide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 8 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 11 det:predet _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 possessions possession NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 12 between between ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 18 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 by by ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 17 obl _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 27 when when SCONJ WRB _ 31 mark _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 fatal fatal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 encouraged encourage VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 cheered cheer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 36 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 as as SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 mounted mount VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 41 together together ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 44 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 45 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 acl:relcl _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 back back ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw** | past | | | | | time | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **divide** | past | Beauty | Beauty's little possessions | | | | between Beauty's sisters | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent possession=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | by everything; good *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **love** | past | Beauty | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **come** | past | the fatal day | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **encourage** | past | Beauty | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **cheer** | past | Beauty *not said here* | Beauty's father | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus father=Experiencer | | 8 | **mount** | past | possessions *= possession* | the horse | | | | together *property* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient | | 9 | **bring back** | past · perfect · passive | | the horse | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme he=Destination | | 10 | **possess** | | Beauty | | | | | between Beauty's sisters | nom possession «act transitive»: poss=agent between=obl | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/15/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/15/8/) - ↑ back to [Beauty and the Beast, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/15/)