--- title: So she promised to have him, and he sat down on the bench by her to… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So she promised to have him, and he sat down on the bench by her to arrange about it, but suddenly she said that she had forgotten to lock the door of the porch that night, and must do it. Who acts: maid, attorney. 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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 (maid, attorney), 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:pg503:18:63 # text = So she promised to have him, and he sat down on the bench by her to arrange about it, but suddenly she said that she had forgotten to lock the door of the porch that night, and must do it. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 down down ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 bench bench NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 by by ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 arrange arrange VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 19 about about ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 forgotten forget VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 ccomp _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 lock lock VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 porch porch NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 38 det _ _ 38 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | maid | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **have** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | maid *not said here* | attorney | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 3 | **sit down** | past | attorney | | | the bench | | by maid | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on bench=Location | | 4 | **arrange** | to-infinitive | attorney *not said here* | | | | | about bench | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent about it=Destination | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | maid | | | | | suddenly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **forget** | past · perfect | maid | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **lock** | to-infinitive | maid *not said here* | the door of the porch | | | night | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient | | 8 | **do** | must | maid *not said here* | door | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | 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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/18/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/18/64/) - ↑ back to [The Master-maid, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/18/)