--- title: In the morning they took the lady into a fine and rich room, and gav… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In the morning they took the lady into a fine and rich room, and gave her the finest pear she had ever seen, bidding her no to break it till she was in the greatest strait ever mortal could be in, and that wad get her out o’t. Who acts: sae, lady, wad. 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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 (sae, lady, wad), 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:pg503:55:38 # text = In the morning they took the lady into a fine and rich room, and gave her the finest pear she had ever seen, bidding her no to break it till she was in the greatest strait ever mortal could be in, and that wad get her out o’t. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 into into ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 10 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ _ 13 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 17 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 iobj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 finest fine ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 20 amod _ _ 20 pear pear NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 24 advmod _ _ 24 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 bidding bid VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 27 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 no no NOUN NN _ 26 obj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 till till SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 greatest great ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 38 amod _ _ 38 strait strait NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 39 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 40 advmod _ _ 40 mortal mortal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 41 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 cop _ _ 43 in in ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 46 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 47 det _ _ 47 wad wad NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 48 get get VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 49 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 out out ADP RP _ 48 compound:prt _ _ 51 o’t o't ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | sae | the lady | | a fine room | morning | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent lady=Theme into room=Destination | | 2 | **give** | past | sae *not said here* | the finest pear | lady | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient pear=Theme | | 3 | **see** | past · perfect | lady | the finest pear *not said here* | | | ever | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pear=Stimulus | | 4 | **bid** | gerund | sae *not said here* | lady's no | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **break** | to-infinitive | sae *not said here* | no | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Patient | | 6 | **is** | past | lady | | | the greatest strait | | | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | could | | | | | | in *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **get out** | infinitive | that wad | lady | | | | o't *property* | 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/55/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/55/39/) - ↑ back to [The Black Bull of Norroway](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/55/)