--- title: Rosette thanked them for all the trouble they were taking on her acc… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Rosette thanked them for all the trouble they were taking on her account, and promised to take great care of the kingdom, and only to amuse herself by looking at the peacock, and making Frisk dance while they were away. Who acts: Rosette, meantime, kingdom. 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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 (Rosette, meantime, kingdom), 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:pg540:11:68 # text = Rosette thanked them for all the trouble they were taking on her account, and promised to take great care of the kingdom, and only to amuse herself by looking at the peacock, and making Frisk dance while they were away. 1 Rosette rosette NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thanked thank VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 7 det:predet _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 advcl _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 ccomp _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 only only ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 amuse amuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 29 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 28 obj _ _ 30 by by SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 31 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 32 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 peacock peacock NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 38 Frisk frisk NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 dance dance NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 while while SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 43 away away ADV RB _ 37 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | past | Rosette | | meantime | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 2 | **take** | past · progressive | meantime | | | Rosette's account | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on account=Destination | | 3 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | Rosette *not said here* | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Rosette *not said here* | great care of the kingdom | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme | | 5 | **amuse** | to-infinitive | Rosette *not said here* | Rosette | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus herself=Experiencer | | 6 | **look** | gerund | Rosette *not said here* | | | | | at the peacock | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at peacock=Theme | | 7 | **make** | gerund | Rosette *not said here* | Frisk dance | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset dance=Product | | 8 | **is** | past | meantime | | | | | away *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **account** | | Rosette | | | | | | nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **care** | | the kingdom | | | | | | nom care «act intransitive»: of=agent | 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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/69/) - ↑ back to [Princess Rosette](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/)