--- title: She was now in such terror that she began to cry, and wanted to thro… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She was now in such terror that she began to cry, and wanted to throw it away, but the Bull said that she was to keep it, and take the greatest care of it, and comforted her as well as he could, but he believed that it would be a hard struggle, and he doubted whether it would go well with him. 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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 (daughter, Bull, care), 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:pg540:29:75 # text = She was now in such terror that she began to cry, and wanted to throw it away, but the Bull said that she was to keep it, and take the greatest care of it, and comforted her as well as he could, but he believed that it would be a hard struggle, and he doubted whether it would go well with him. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 terror terror NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 cry cry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 away away ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 Bull bull NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 greatest great ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 35 amod _ _ 35 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 comforted comfort VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 41 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 as as ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 40 advmod _ _ 44 as as SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 but but CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 believed believe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 51 that that SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 52 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 53 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 54 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 57 cop _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 56 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 struggle struggle NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 60 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 61 doubted doubt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 62 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 65 mark _ _ 63 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 64 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 65 aux _ _ 65 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 61 ccomp _ _ 66 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 65 advmod _ _ 67 with with ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 68 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | daughter | | | such terror | now | | tree rules | | 2 | **begin** | past | daughter | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | daughter *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **want** | past | | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **throw away** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | terror | | | | away *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Bull | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **is** | past | daughter | | | | | keep *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **take** | infinitive | daughter *not said here* | the greatest care of care | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme | | 9 | **comfort** | past | the Bull *not said here* | daughter | | | | well *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer | | 10 | **believe** | past | bull | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 11 | **is a** | would | care | a hard struggle | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **doubt** | past | bull | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 13 | **go** | would | care | | | | | with bull; well *property* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with he=Beneficiary | | 14 | **care** | | care | | | | | | nom care «act intransitive»: of=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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/29/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/29/76/) - ↑ back to [Kari Woodengown, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/29/)