--- title: ‘The lady yielded to this reasoning, and consented to remain at her… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘The lady yielded to this reasoning, and consented to remain at her nurse’s house as the best place of concealment; for the servant told her that the giant had vowed, if he could find her, he would kill both her and her baby. Who acts: lady, giant. 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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 (lady, giant), 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:pg540:16:25 # text = ‘The lady yielded to this reasoning, and consented to remain at her nurse’s house as the best place of concealment; for the servant told her that the giant had vowed, if he could find her, he would kill both her and her baby. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 yielded yield VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 reasoning reasoning NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 consented consent VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 nurse nurse NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ’s 's PART POS _ 15 case _ _ 17 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 18 as as ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 21 amod _ _ 21 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 concealment concealment NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 28 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 29 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 iobj _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 vowed vow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 if if SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 parataxis _ _ 40 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 45 both both CCONJ CC _ 46 cc:preconj _ _ 46 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **yield** | past | the lady | | | | | to this reasoning | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to reasoning=Theme | | 2 | **consent** | participle | the lady *not said here* | | | | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **remain** | to-infinitive | the lady *not said here* | | | lady's nurse's house | | as the best place of concealment | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at house=Location | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the lady *not said here* | | lady | | | for the servant | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **vow** | past · perfect · passive | | the giant | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **find** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | giant | lady | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic | | 7 | **kill** | would | giant | lady | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/16/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/16/26/) - ↑ back to [Wonderful Growth of the Beanstalk](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/16/)