--- title: She thanked him gratefully for helping her so cleverly, and they lau… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She thanked him gratefully for helping her so cleverly, and they laughed and were very merry over the way they had taken in the Duchess and her waiting-maids; but Percinet advised her still to pretend to be ill for a few days, and after promising to come to her aid whenever she needed him, he disapp --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/23/100/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Red Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/) / [Graciosa and Percinet, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/23/) / 100 # The Red Fairy Book, Graciosa and Percinet, part 1, sentence 100 She thanked him gratefully for helping her so cleverly, and they laughed and were very merry over the way they had taken in the Duchess and her waiting-maids; but Percinet advised her still to pretend to be ill for a few days, and after promising to come to her aid whenever she needed him, he disappeared as suddenly as he had come. **Who acts:** Percinet, rods, tongue · **What happens:** thank, help, laugh, be, take, advise · **To what, where:** tongue, Percinet, way, aid This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Graciosa and Percinet, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Percinet, rods, tongue), 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:pg540:23:100 # text = She thanked him gratefully for helping her so cleverly, and they laughed and were very merry over the way they had taken in the Duchess and her waiting-maids; but Percinet advised her still to pretend to be ill for a few days, and after promising to come to her aid whenever she needed him, he disappeared as suddenly as he had come. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thanked thank VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 gratefully gratefully ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 5 for for SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 helping help VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 cleverly cleverly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 very very ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 merry merry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ _ 18 over over ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 acl:relcl _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Duchess Duchess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 29 waiting waiting NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 maids maid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 Percinet Percinet PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 advised advise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 36 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 still still ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 pretend pretend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 cop _ _ 42 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 49 after after SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 50 promising promise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 62 advcl _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 xcomp _ _ 53 to to ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 aid aid NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 56 whenever whenever ADV WRB PronType=Rel 58 advmod _ _ 57 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 58 needed need VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 acl:relcl _ _ 59 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 61 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 62 disappeared disappear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 63 as as ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 64 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 65 as as SCONJ IN _ 68 mark _ _ 66 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj _ _ 67 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 68 aux _ _ 68 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 62 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | past | Percinet | | tongue | | | gratefully *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **help** | gerund | Percinet *not said here* | | Percinet | | | cleverly *property* | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary | | 3 | **laugh** | past | rods *= rod* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | rods *= rod* *not said here* | | | the way | | merry *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **take** | past · perfect | rods *= rod* | the way *not said here* | | | | in the Duchess and Percinet's waiting maids | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent way=Value in duchess=Location | | 6 | **advise** *speech: other* | past | Percinet | | | | still | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **pretend** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Percinet *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **is** | to-infinitive | Percinet *not said here* | | | | day | ill *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **promise** *speech: promise* | gerund | tongue *not said here* | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 10 | **come** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | tongue *not said here* | | | Percinet's aid | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to aid=Initial\_Location | | 11 | **need** | past | Percinet | tongue | | | | whenever *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=Theme | | 12 | **disappear** | past | tongue | | | | | suddenly *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 13 | **come** | past · perfect | tongue | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/23/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/23/101/) - ↑ back to [Graciosa and Percinet, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/23/)