--- title: When the girl had finished she went back to find the cows, but they… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the girl had finished she went back to find the cows, but they had gone, and though she hunted everywhere she never found them; and she had to return home and confess to her master, who scolded her bitterly, and afterwards beat her. Who acts: girl, cows, master. 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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 (girl, cows, master), 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:pg5615:21:19 # text = When the girl had finished she went back to find the cows, but they had gone, and though she hunted everywhere she never found them; and she had to return home and confess to her master, who scolded her bitterly, and afterwards beat her. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 advcl _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 back back ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 cows cow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 20 though though SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 hunted hunt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 23 everywhere everywhere ADV RB PronType=Tot 22 advmod _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 home home ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 confess confess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 42 scolded scold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 43 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 bitterly bitterly ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 beat beat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 49 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **finish** | past · perfect · passive | | the girl | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **go back** | past | girl | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **find** | to-infinitive | girl *not said here* | the cows | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Topic | | 4 | **go** | past · perfect | cows *= cow* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **hunt** | past | girl | | | | | everywhere *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **find** | past | girl | cows *= cow* | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic | | 7 | **have** | past | girl | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **return** | to-infinitive | girl *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **confess** | infinitive | girl *not said here* | | girl's master | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to master=Recipient | | 10 | **scold** | past | girl's master | girl | | | | bitterly *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 11 | **beat** | past | girl *not said here* | girl | | | | afterwards *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location she=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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/21/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/21/20/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/21/)