--- title: The bride promised to be careful, but in a little while, when there… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The bride promised to be careful, but in a little while, when there was nothing left for her to do, she began to wonder what could be in the chest, which was opened by the key. Who acts: bride, nothing. 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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 (bride, nothing), 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:pg5615:25:10 # text = The bride promised to be careful, but in a little while, when there was nothing left for her to do, she began to wonder what could be in the chest, which was opened by the key. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 6 careful careful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 15 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 16 expl _ _ 16 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 17 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 16 nsubj _ _ 18 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl _ _ 19 for for SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 wonder wonder VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 33 nsubj _ _ 29 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 cop _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 chest chest NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 opened open VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl _ _ 38 by by ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 key key NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | the bride | | | | while | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the bride *not said here* | | | | | careful *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | past | nothing | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **leave** | participle | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **do** | to-infinitive | bride | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **begin** | past | bride | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | bride *not said here* | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **is** | could | | | | the chest | | | tree rules | | 9 | **open** | past · passive | | the chest | | | | by the key | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: subject=Theme by key=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 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/25/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/25/11/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/25/)