--- title: That day they had very little dinner, and went sadly to bed, knowing… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: That day they had very little dinner, and went sadly to bed, knowing that for the next day there would be none and Jack, unable to sleep from grief and vexation, got up at day-dawn and went out into the garden. Who acts: beans. 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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 (beans), 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:pg540:15:14 # text = That day they had very little dinner, and went sadly to bed, knowing that for the next day there would be none and Jack, unable to sleep from grief and vexation, got up at day-dawn and went out into the garden. 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 sadly sadly ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 21 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ _ 22 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 cop _ _ 24 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 20 nmod _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 unable unable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 conj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 from from ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 grief grief NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 vexation vexation NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 36 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ _ 37 up up ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 38 at at ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 44 out out ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 45 into into ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | beans *= bean* | little dinner | | | day | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinner=Patient | | 2 | **go** | past | beans *= bean* *not said here* | | | bed | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **know** | gerund | beans *= bean* *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **is a** | would | | none | | there | | | tree rules | | 5 | **be** | | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | | | | grief and vexation | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **get up** | past | | | | | dawn; day | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **go out** | past | | | | the garden | | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/15/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/15/15/) - ↑ back to [Jack Sells the Cow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/15/)