--- title: She could not leave the place until she had buried them in a pretty… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She could not leave the place until she had buried them in a pretty little mossy grave at the foot of a tree, and she wrote their names upon the bark of the tree, and how they had all died to save her life. Who acts: Miranda, Princesses, feet. 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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 (Miranda, Princesses, feet), 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:pg503:30:67 # text = She could not leave the place until she had buried them in a pretty little mossy grave at the foot of a tree, and she wrote their names upon the bark of the tree, and how they had all died to save her life. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 until until SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 buried bury VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 14 pretty pretty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 15 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 16 mossy mossy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 grave grave NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 wrote write VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 28 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 30 upon upon ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 bark bark NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 38 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 42 advmod _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 all all ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 died die VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 conj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 advcl _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **leave** | could | Miranda | the place | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme | | 2 | **bury** | past · perfect | Miranda | Princesses *= princess* | | a pretty little mossy grave at the foot of a tree | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in grave=Destination | | 3 | **write** | past | Miranda | feet's names | | | | upon the bark of the tree | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme | | 4 | **die** | past · perfect | Princesses *= princess* | | | | | all *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 5 | **save** | to-infinitive | Princesses *= princess* *not said here* | Miranda's life | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme | | 6 | **name** | | feet *= foot* | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/30/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/30/68/) - ↑ back to [The Wonderful Sheep, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/30/)