--- title: In the meantime the good Blanchette went quietly on her way, as litt… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In the meantime the good Blanchette went quietly on her way, as little girls do, amusing herself here and there by picking Easter daisies, watching the little birds making their nests, and running after the butterflies which fluttered in the sunshine. 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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 (good Blanchette, little girls, little birds, butterflies), 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:pg540:33:42 # text = In the meantime the good Blanchette went quietly on her way, as little girls do, amusing herself here and there by picking Easter daisies, watching the little birds making their nests, and running after the butterflies which fluttered in the sunshine. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 meantime meantime NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 Blanchette Blanchette PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 girls girl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 16 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 amusing amusing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 19 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 18 obj _ _ 20 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 conj _ _ 23 by by SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 24 picking pick VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 25 Easter Easter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 daisies daisy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 watching watch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 conj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 32 making make VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 acl _ _ 33 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 nests nest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 conj _ _ 38 after after ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 butterflies butterfly NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 42 fluttered flutter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 sunshine sunshine NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | the good Blanchette | | | the meantime | | on Blanchette's way; quietly *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in meantime=Location | | 2 | **do** | present | little girls | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **amusing** | infinitive | the good Blanchette *not said here* | girl | | here | | | tree rules | | 4 | **pick** | gerund | the good Blanchette *not said here* | Easter daisies | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daisy=Patient | | 5 | **watch** | gerund | the good Blanchette *not said here* | the little birds | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Theme | | 6 | **make** | gerund | the little birds *not said here* | birds's nests | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset nest=Product | | 7 | **run** | gerund | the good Blanchette *not said here* | | | | after the butterflies | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **flutter** | past | the butterflies | | | the sunshine | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sunshine=Location | 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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/33/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/33/43/) - ↑ back to [The True History of Little Golden Hood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/33/)