--- title: So he showed her the two laurels which had helped him, and she, like… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So he showed her the two laurels which had helped him, and she, like a prudent girl, thinking they gave him too much advantage over his wife, cut them off at the root and threw them in the fire. Who acts: lover, two laurels, laurel. 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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 (lover, two laurels, laurel), 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:pg540:2:201 # text = So he showed her the two laurels which had helped him, and she, like a prudent girl, thinking they gave him too much advantage over his wife, cut them off at the root and threw them in the fire. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 laurels laurel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 helped help VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 acl:relcl _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 like like ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 prudent prudent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 iobj _ _ 25 too too ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 advantage advantage NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 28 over over ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 off off ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 35 at at ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 root root NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 40 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | past | lover | the two laurels | Lina | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient laurel=Topic | | 2 | **help** | past · perfect | the two laurels | | lover | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | lover *not said here* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **give** | past | laurel | much advantage | lover | | | over lover's wife | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient advantage=Theme | | 5 | **cut off** | infinitive | laurel *not said here* | laurel | | the root | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector they=Eventuality | | 6 | **throw** | past | laurel *not said here* | laurel | | the fire | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent they=Theme in fire=Destination | 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 200](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/2/200/) - next →: [sentence 202](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/2/202/) - ↑ back to [The Twelve Dancing Princesses](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/2/)