--- title: So, with great care, she made some of the proper cake to pacify the… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So, with great care, she made some of the proper cake to pacify the lions, and one night went up to her room very early, pretending that she was going to bed; but instead of that, she wrapped herself in a long white veil, and went down a secret staircase, and set off all by herself to find the Witch --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/66/) [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/) / [The Yellow Dwarf, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/) / 66 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 1, sentence 66 So, with great care, she made some of the proper cake to pacify the lions, and one night went up to her room very early, pretending that she was going to bed; but instead of that, she wrapped herself in a long white veil, and went down a secret staircase, and set off all by herself to find the Witch. **Who acts:** Bellissima · **What happens:** make, pacify, go up, pretend, go, wrap · **To what, where:** some, lions, bed, Bellissima, long white veil, secret staircase This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Yellow Dwarf, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Bellissima), 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:pg503:5:66 # text = So, with great care, she made some of the proper cake to pacify the lions, and one night went up to her room very early, pretending that she was going to bed; but instead of that, she wrapped herself in a long white veil, and went down a secret staircase, and set off all by herself to find the Witch. 1 So so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 8 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 pacify pacify VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 lions lion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 21 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl:unmarked _ _ 22 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 23 up up ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 very very ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 pretending pretend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 ccomp _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 38 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 41 case _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 39 fixed _ _ 41 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 wrapped wrap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 45 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 44 obj _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 48 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 49 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 veil veil NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ _ 54 down down ADP RP _ 53 compound:prt _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 56 secret secret ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 staircase staircase NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 60 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 61 off off ADP RP _ 60 compound:prt _ _ 62 all all ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 63 by by ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 60 obl _ _ 65 to to PART TO _ 66 mark _ _ 66 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 60 advcl _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 Witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | Bellissima | some | | | | with great care | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=Product | | 2 | **pacify** | to-infinitive | Bellissima *not said here* | the lions | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus lion=Experiencer | | 3 | **go up** | past | Bellissima *not said here* | | | | night | to Bellissima's room; early *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 4 | **pretend** | gerund | Bellissima *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **go** | past · progressive | Bellissima | | | bed | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **wrap** | past | Bellissima | Bellissima | | a long white veil | | instead that | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent herself=Theme in veil=Destination | | 7 | **go down** | past | Bellissima *not said here* | a secret staircase | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 8 | **set off** | infinitive | Bellissima *not said here* | | | | | by Bellissima | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **find** | to-infinitive | Bellissima *not said here* | the Witch | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent witch=Topic | 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/pg503/5/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/67/) - ↑ back to [The Yellow Dwarf, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/)