--- title: But when they tried to stop her, and represented that her high rank… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But when they tried to stop her, and represented that her high rank made it perfectly impossible that she should do any such thing, she would not listen, and ordered them to be silent. Who acts: women, high rank, water. 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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 (women, high rank, water), 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:pg540:3:60 # text = But when they tried to stop her, and represented that her high rank made it perfectly impossible that she should do any such thing, she would not listen, and ordered them to be silent. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 represented represent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 rank rank NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 perfectly perfectly ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 impossible impossible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 23 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 25 det _ _ 24 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 cop _ _ 37 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | past | women *= woman* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **stop** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | women *= woman* *not said here* | water | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality she=Eventuality | | 3 | **represent** | past | women *= woman* *not said here* | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **make** | past | water's high rank | talk | | | | impossible *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product | | 5 | **do** | should | water | any such thing | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | | 6 | **not** **listen** | would | water | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **order** | past | | | women *= woman* | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 8 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | silent *property* | tree rules | 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/3/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/3/61/) - ↑ back to [The Princess Mayblossom, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/3/)