--- title: So she told her eldest son ae day to take a can and bring her water… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So she told her eldest son ae day to take a can and bring her water from the well, that she might bake a cake for him; and however much or however little water he might bring, the cake would be great or sma’ accordingly; and that cake was to be a’ that she could gie him when he went on his travels. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/56/3/) [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 Red Etin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/56/) / 3 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Red Etin, sentence 3 So she told her eldest son ae day to take a can and bring her water from the well, that she might bake a cake for him; and however much or however little water he might bring, the cake would be great or sma’ accordingly; and that cake was to be a’ that she could gie him when he went on his travels. **Who acts:** other, ground, cake · **What happens:** tell, take, bring, bake, be, gie · **To what, where:** eldest son, water, well, cake, ’, ground · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Red Etin. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (other, ground, cake), 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:pg503:56:3 # text = So she told her eldest son ae day to take a can and bring her water from the well, that she might bake a cake for him; and however much or however little water he might bring, the cake would be great or sma’ accordingly; and that cake was to be a’ that she could gie him when he went on his travels. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 amod _ _ 6 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 iobj _ _ 7 ae ae X FW _ 8 compound _ _ 8 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 from from ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 bake bake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 however however ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 much much ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 33 or or CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 however however ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 35 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 43 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 cop _ _ 45 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 conj _ _ 46 or or CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 sma sma NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 47 punct _ _ 49 accordingly accordingly ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ; ; PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 52 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 53 det _ _ 53 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 54 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 cop _ _ 55 to to PART TO _ 58 mark _ _ 56 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 58 cop _ _ 57 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 58 det _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ’ ' NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 59 that that SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 60 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 61 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 62 gie gie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 acl _ _ 63 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 obj _ _ 64 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 66 advmod _ _ 65 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 66 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 advcl _ _ 67 on on SCONJ IN _ 69 mark _ _ 68 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 69 nmod:poss _ _ 69 travels travel VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 66 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | other | | other's eldest son | | day | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent son=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **bring** | infinitive | | other's water | | the well | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent water=Theme from well=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **bake** | might | other | a cake | | | | for ground | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent cake=Material for he=Beneficiary | | 5 | **bring** | might | ground | | | | | accordingly *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | would | the cake | | | | | great *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **is a** | past | that cake | a ’ | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **gie** | could | other | ground | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **go** | past | ground | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **travel** | present | ground *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/56/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/56/4/) - ↑ back to [The Red Etin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/56/)