--- title: She gave him food, and when he had finished his meal she told him ho… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She gave him food, and when he had finished his meal she told him how his brothers had come to the town where she lived with her sisters, how they had each chosen a bride, and, taking herself with them, had started for home. Who acts: friend, brother, brothers, sisters. 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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 (friend, brother, brothers, sisters), 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:pg5615:22:47 # text = She gave him food, and when he had finished his meal she told him how his brothers had come to the town where she lived with her sisters, how they had each chosen a bride, and, taking herself with them, had started for home. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 iobj _ _ 16 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 ccomp _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 26 advmod _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 33 advmod _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 34 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 37 det _ _ 35 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 amod _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 47 csubj:pass _ _ 42 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 41 obj _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 46 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 started start VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 48 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | friend | food | brother | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient food=Theme | | 2 | **finish** | past · perfect | brother | brother's meal | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector meal=Eventuality | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | friend | | brother | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **come** | past · perfect | brother's brothers | | | the town | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to town=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **live** | past | friend | | | | | with friend's sisters | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with sister=Location | | 6 | **have** | past | sisters *= sister* | each chosen bride | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bride=Patient | | 7 | **choose** | participle | | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **take** | gerund | | friend | | | | with sisters *= sister* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Theme | | 9 | **start** | past · perfect | taking | | | | | for home | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/22/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/22/48/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/22/)