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title: When the sermon was over and the King’s daughter was about to leave… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
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# The Red Fairy Book, Kari Woodengown, part 2, sentence 69

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When the sermon was over and the King’s daughter was about to leave the church, the Prince had caused a firkin of tar to be emptied out in the porch in order that he might go to help her over it; she, however, did not trouble herself in the least about the tar, but set her foot down in the middle of it and jumped over it, and thus one of her gold shoes was left sticking in it.

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**Who acts:** sermon, daughter, Prince, one · **What happens:** be, leave, cause, empty out, go, help · **To what, where:** church, firkin, porch, order, daughter, trouble

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This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Kari Woodengown, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sermon, daughter, Prince, one), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg540:30:69
# text = When the sermon was over and the King’s daughter was about to leave the church, the Prince had caused a firkin of tar to be emptied out in the porch in order that he might go to help her over it; she, however, did not trouble herself in the least about the tar, but set her foot down in the middle of it and jumped over it, and thus one of her gold shoes was left sticking in it.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sermon	sermon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	over	over	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	’s	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	about	about	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
20	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
21	caused	cause	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	12	conj	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	firkin	firkin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	tar	tar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	_
26	to	to	PART	TO	_	28	mark	_	_
27	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	aux:pass	_	_
28	emptied	empty	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	advcl	_	_
29	out	out	ADP	RP	_	28	compound:prt	_	_
30	in	in	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	porch	porch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	_
33	in	in	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	_
35	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	38	mark	_	_
36	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	38	nsubj	_	_
37	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	38	aux	_	_
38	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	acl	_	_
39	to	to	PART	TO	_	40	mark	_	_
40	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	38	xcomp	_	_
41	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	40	obj	_	_
42	over	over	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	40	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
45	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	49	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
47	however	however	ADV	RB	_	49	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
49	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	parataxis	_	_
50	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	51	advmod	_	_
51	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obj	_	_
52	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	49	obl	_	_
53	in	in	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	least	least	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	49	obl	_	_
56	about	about	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	tar	tar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	61	punct	_	_
60	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	61	cc	_	_
61	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	parataxis	_	_
62	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	63	nmod:poss	_	_
63	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	obj	_	_
64	down	down	ADV	RB	_	61	advmod	_	_
65	in	in	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
66	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	67	det	_	_
67	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	obl	_	_
68	of	of	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
69	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	67	nmod	_	_
70	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	71	cc	_	_
71	jumped	jump	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	61	conj	_	_
72	over	over	ADP	IN	_	73	case	_	_
73	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	71	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	83	punct	_	_
75	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	83	cc	_	_
76	thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	77	advmod	_	_
77	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	83	nsubj:pass	_	_
78	of	of	ADP	IN	_	81	case	_	_
79	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	81	nmod:poss	_	_
80	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	81	compound	_	_
81	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	77	nmod	_	_
82	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	83	aux:pass	_	_
83	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	71	conj	_	_
84	sticking	stick	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	83	xcomp	_	_
85	in	in	ADP	IN	_	86	case	_	_
86	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	84	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
87	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the sermon |  |  |  |  | over *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | the King's daughter |  |  |  |  | about *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **leave** | to-infinitive | the King's daughter *not said here* | the church |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent church=Theme |
| 4 | **cause** | past · perfect | the Prince | a firkin of tar |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition firkin=Patient |
| 5 | **empty out** | to-infinitive · passive | the Prince *not said here* |  |  | the porch |  | in order | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP.Source V» |
| 6 | **go** | might | Prince | order *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **help** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* |  | daughter | church |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary |
| 8 | **do** | past | daughter | trouble |  | the least |  | daughter *obl*; however *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trouble=Eventuality |
| 9 | **set down** | past |  | daughter's foot |  | the middle of church |  | down *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent foot=Theme in middle=Destination |
| 10 | **jump** | past |  |  |  | church |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over it=Trajectory |
| 11 | **leave** | past · passive |  | one of daughter's gold shoes |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 12 | **stick** | gerund | one of daughter's gold shoes *not said here* |  |  | church |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in it=Destination |

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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.

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**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.

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