--- title: But when she got as far as the same fatal orange tree, and saw it co… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But when she got as far as the same fatal orange tree, and saw it covered with flowers and fruit, she stopped and began to gather some of the oranges--and then, putting down her basket, she sat down to eat them. Who acts: Bellissima, tree. A sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Yell --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/67/) [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/) / 67 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 1, sentence 67 But when she got as far as the same fatal orange tree, and saw it covered with flowers and fruit, she stopped and began to gather some of the oranges--and then, putting down her basket, she sat down to eat them. **Who acts:** Bellissima, tree · **What happens:** get, see, cover, stop, begin, gather · **To what, where:** tree, some, basket, oranges 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, tree), 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:pg503:5:67 # text = But when she got as far as the same fatal orange tree, and saw it covered with flowers and fruit, she stopped and began to gather some of the oranges--and then, putting down her basket, she sat down to eat them. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 5 as as ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 9 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 10 fatal fatal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 11 orange orange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 xcomp _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 gather gather VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 28 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 oranges orange NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 -- -- PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 putting put VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 38 down down ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 44 down down ADP RP _ 43 compound:prt _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 advcl _ _ 47 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | Bellissima | | | | | far *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **see** | past | | tree | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **cover** | participle | tree *not said here* | | | | | with flowers and fruit | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with flower=Theme | | 4 | **stop** | past | Bellissima | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 5 | **begin** | past | Bellissima *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **gather** | to-infinitive | Bellissima *not said here* | some | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=Theme | | 7 | **put down** | gerund | | Bellissima's basket | | | then | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent basket=Goal | | 8 | **sit down** | past | Bellissima | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **eat** | to-infinitive | Bellissima *not said here* | oranges *= orange* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | 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/pg503/5/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/68/) - ↑ back to [The Yellow Dwarf, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/)