--- title: Having bound his eyes with a handkerchief, she took him to the room… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Having bound his eyes with a handkerchief, she took him to the room where the body lay, pulled off the bandage, and bade him sew the quarters together, after which she covered his eyes again and led him home. Who acts: Morgiana, body. 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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 (Morgiana, body), 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:pg503:34:65 # text = Having bound his eyes with a handkerchief, she took him to the room where the body lay, pulled off the bandage, and bade him sew the quarters together, after which she covered his eyes again and led him home. 1 Having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 2 bound bound ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 handkerchief handkerchief NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 18 advmod _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 pulled pull VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 parataxis _ _ 21 off off ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 bandage bandage NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 bade bade NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 sew sew VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 quarters quarter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 31 together together ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 after after ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 obl _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 covered cover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 39 again again ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 home home ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | gerund | Morgiana *not said here* | | | | | bound cobbler's eyes; with a handkerchief | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **take** | past | Morgiana | cobbler | | the room | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to room=Destination | | 3 | **lay** | infinitive | the body | | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **pull off** | participle | | the bandage | | | | | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bandage=Eventuality | | 5 | **sew** | present | | bade | | | | together *property* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quarter=Product | | 6 | **cover** | past | Morgiana | cobbler's eyes | | | again | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent eye=Destination | | 7 | **lead** | past | Morgiana *not said here* | cobbler | | | | home *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/34/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/34/66/) - ↑ back to [The Forty Thieves](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/34/)