--- title: Then she gave him her night-gown, but just then it came into his hea… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then she gave him her night-gown, but just then it came into his head that he had forgotten to lock the door, and he was forced to go downstairs and do it before he could lie down in bed again. Who acts: tap, sheet, father. 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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 (tap, sheet, father), 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:pg540:9:245 # text = Then she gave him her night-gown, but just then it came into his head that he had forgotten to lock the door, and he was forced to go downstairs and do it before he could lie down in bed again. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 6 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 gown gown NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 just just ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advmod _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 into into ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 forgotten forget VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 lock lock VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 downstairs downstairs ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 before before SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 41 down down ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 again again ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | tap | tap's night gown | father | | then | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient gown=Theme | | 2 | **come** | past | sheet | | | father's head | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into head=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **forget** | past · perfect | father | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **lock** | to-infinitive | father *not said here* | the door | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient | | 5 | **force** | past · passive | | father | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **go** | to-infinitive | father *not said here* | | | | | downstairs *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **do** | infinitive | father *not said here* | sheet | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 8 | **lie down** | could | father | | | bed | again | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in bed=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 244](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/244/) - next →: [sentence 246](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/246/) - ↑ back to [The Master Thief](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/)