--- title: And when Gerda was warmed and had had something to eat and drink, th… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And when Gerda was warmed and had had something to eat and drink, the Lapland woman wrote on a dried stock-fish, and begged Gerda to take care of it, tied Gerda securely on the reindeer’s back, and away they went again. Who acts: Lapland woman, words. 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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 (Lapland woman, words), 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:pg5615:10:67 # text = And when Gerda was warmed and had had something to eat and drink, the Lapland woman wrote on a dried stock-fish, and begged Gerda to take care of it, tied Gerda securely on the reindeer’s back, and away they went again. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 3 Gerda Gerda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 warmed warm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 9 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 8 obj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 acl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 Lapland Lapland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 wrote write VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 21 dried dry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 amod _ _ 22 stock stock NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 28 Gerda Gerda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 31 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 tied tie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 36 Gerda Gerda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 37 securely securely ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 38 on on ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 reindeer reindeer NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 42 back back ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 away away ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 46 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 48 again again ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **warm** | past · passive | | Gerda | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **have** | past · perfect | | something | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Patient | | 3 | **eat** | to-infinitive | | something *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **drink** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **write** | past | the Lapland woman | | | | | on a dried stock fish | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **dry** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | the Lapland woman *not said here* | | Gerda | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent gerda=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Lapland woman *not said here* | care | | | | of care | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent care=Theme of it=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **tie** | past | the Lapland woman *not said here* | Gerda | | | | securely *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gerda=Patient | | 10 | **go** | past | words *= word* | | | | again | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/68/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/)