--- title: The wife was very much surprised at this goodness of her husband, no… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The wife was very much surprised at this goodness of her husband, not dreaming after what manner she should dress them; but, thinking that he had ordered her to go and put on their clothes, she went up, and was strangely astonished when she perceived her seven daughters killed, and weltering in thei --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/33/109/) [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/) / [Little Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/33/) / 109 # The Blue Fairy Book, Little Thumb, sentence 109 The wife was very much surprised at this goodness of her husband, not dreaming after what manner she should dress them; but, thinking that he had ordered her to go and put on their clothes, she went up, and was strangely astonished when she perceived her seven daughters killed, and weltering in their blood. **Who acts:** wife, manner, seven daughters · **What happens:** be, not dream, dress, think, order, go · **To what, where:** goodness, rascals, wife, clothes, blood · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Little Thumb. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wife, manner, seven daughters), 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:pg503:33:109 # text = The wife was very much surprised at this goodness of her husband, not dreaming after what manner she should dress them; but, thinking that he had ordered her to go and put on their clothes, she went up, and was strangely astonished when she perceived her seven daughters killed, and weltering in their blood. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 much much ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 surprised surprised ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 goodness goodness NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 dreaming dream VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 16 after after ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 obl _ _ 18 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 dress dress VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 acl:relcl _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 41 advcl _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 ordered order VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 ccomp _ _ 31 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 36 on on ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 42 up up ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 46 strangely strangely ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 astonished astonished ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 parataxis _ _ 48 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 50 advmod _ _ 49 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 perceived perceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 advcl _ _ 51 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 52 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 53 nummod _ _ 53 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 nsubj _ _ 54 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 weltering welter VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 41 advcl _ _ 58 in in ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 60 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the wife | | | this goodness of wife's husband | | surprised *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **dream** | gerund | the wife *not said here* | | | | | | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **dress** | should | manner | rascals *= rascal* | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | wife *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **order** | past · perfect | manner | | wife | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | manner *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **put** | infinitive | manner *not said here* | | | rascals's clothes | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on clothes=Destination | | 8 | **go up** | past | wife | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 9 | **is** | past | | | | | | astonished, strangely *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **perceive** | past | wife | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 11 | **kill** | past | wife's seven daughters | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 12 | **welter** | gerund | wife *not said here* | | | rascals's blood | | | tree rules | 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 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/33/108/) - next →: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/33/110/) - ↑ back to [Little Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/33/)