--- title: So when they came she gave the lad a bottle of water and a bit of mo… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So when they came she gave the lad a bottle of water and a bit of moss, and told him to show these to the King and say that this was what his seven foals ate and drank. Who acts: foals, hag, this, seven foals. 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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 (foals, hag, this, seven foals), 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:pg540:49:18 # text = So when they came she gave the lad a bottle of water and a bit of moss, and told him to show these to the King and say that this was what his seven foals ate and drank. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 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 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 bottle bottle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 moss moss NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 iobj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 24 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 23 obj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 obl _ _ 31 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 33 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 30 parataxis _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 nummod _ _ 36 foals foal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj _ _ 37 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 drank drink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | foals *= foal* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **give** | past | hag | the lad | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent lad=Recipient bottle=Theme | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | foals *= foal* *not said here* | | lad | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **show** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | foals *= foal* *not said here* | these | the King | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent this=Topic to king=Recipient | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | foals *= foal* *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** | past | this | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **eat** | past | King's seven foals | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **drink** | past | King's seven foals *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/49/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/49/19/) - ↑ back to [The Seven Foals](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/49/)