--- title: So she ordered that they should bring ladders, and get over the wall… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So she ordered that they should bring ladders, and get over the wall into the garden; but though the wall did not look very high, and they tied the ladders together to make them very long, it was quite impossible to get to the top. Who acts: Queen, fruits, wall. 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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 (Queen, fruits, wall), 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:pg503:24:66 # text = So she ordered that they should bring ladders, and get over the wall into the garden; but though the wall did not look very high, and they tied the ladders together to make them very long, it was quite impossible to get to the top. 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 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 8 ladders ladder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 12 over over ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 into into ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 20 though though SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 23 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 26 very very ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 tied tie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 ladders ladder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 34 together together ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 very very ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 expl _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 43 quite quite ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 impossible impossible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 csubj _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **order** | past | Queen | | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **bring** | should | fruits *= fruit* | ladders | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent ladder=Theme | | 3 | **get** | infinitive | fruits *= fruit* *not said here* | | | the wall | | into the garden | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme over wall=Initial\_Location into garden=Destination | | 4 | **not** **look** | past · do-support | the wall | | | | | high *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **tie** | past | fruits *= fruit* | the ladders | | | | together *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ladder=Patient | | 6 | **make** | to-infinitive | fruits *= fruit* *not said here* | fruits *= fruit* | | | | long *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product | | 7 | **is** | past | Queen *not said here* | | | | | impossible *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **get** | to-infinitive | | | | | | to the top *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to top=Result | 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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/24/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/24/67/) - ↑ back to [The White Cat, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/24/)