--- title: By and by Morgiana, going out, saw the mark the robber had made, qui… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: By and by Morgiana, going out, saw the mark the robber had made, quickly guessed that some mischief was brewing, and fetching a piece of chalk marked two or three doors on each side, without saying anything to her master or mistress. Who acts: mark, mischief, chalk. 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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 (mark, mischief, chalk), 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:pg503:34:80 # text = By and by Morgiana, going out, saw the mark the robber had made, quickly guessed that some mischief was brewing, and fetching a piece of chalk marked two or three doors on each side, without saying anything to her master or mistress. 1 By by ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Morgiana Morgiana PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 7 out out ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 9 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 mark mark NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 robber robber NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 guessed guess VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 20 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 21 det _ _ 21 mischief mischief NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 brewing brew VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 fetching fetch VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 advcl _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 chalk chalk NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 31 marked mark VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl _ _ 32 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 nummod _ _ 33 or or CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 conj _ _ 35 doors door NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 36 on on ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 38 det _ _ 38 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 without without SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 41 saying say VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 conj _ _ 42 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 41 obj _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 46 or or CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 mistress mistress NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go out** | gerund | | | | | | | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **see** | past | | the mark | | | | by Morgiana | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mark=Stimulus | | 3 | **make** | past · perfect · passive | the mark *not said here* | the robber | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 4 | **guess** | past | | | | | | quickly *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **brew** | past · progressive | some mischief | | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **fetch** | gerund | | a piece of chalk | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Theme | | 7 | **mark** | participle | chalk *not said here* | two doors | | each side | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent door=Theme on side=Destination | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | anything | mischief's master or mistress | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent anything=Topic to master=Recipient | 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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/34/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/34/81/) - ↑ back to [The Forty Thieves](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/34/)