--- title: And when she had come to one of them, and was going to give him some… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And when she had come to one of them, and was going to give him some money, she caught sight of the ring which she had given to the Prince in the other world, and her sisters’ rings too—for it really was he. Who acts: Water, ring. 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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 (Water, ring), 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:pg540:13:130 # text = And when she had come to one of them, and was going to give him some money, she caught sight of the ring which she had given to the Prince in the other world, and her sisters’ rings too—for it really was he. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 iobj _ _ 17 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 18 det _ _ 18 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 22 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 acl:relcl _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 39 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ’ 's PART POS _ 40 case _ _ 42 rings ring NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 43 too too ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 — - PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ _ 47 really really ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past · perfect | Water | | one of alms | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to one=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **go** | past · progressive | Water *not said here* | | | | | for ring | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **give** | to-infinitive | Water *not said here* | some money | father | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient money=Theme | | 4 | **catch** | past | Water | sight of the ring | | | | Water's sisters's rings *obl* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Theme | | 5 | **give** | past · perfect | the ring | | the Prince | the other world | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to prince=Recipient | | 6 | **is a** | past | | father | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **sight** | | | the ring | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=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 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 129](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/13/129/) - next →: [sentence 131](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/13/131/) - ↑ back to [The Norka](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/13/)