--- title: Then the girl told her the whole story, and the Moon listened, and w… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the girl told her the whole story, and the Moon listened, and was sorry for her; and though she could not tell her where to find her husband, she gave her an almond, and told her to crack it when she was in great need. Who acts: girl, Moon. 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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, Moon), 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:pg5615:25:38 # text = Then the girl told her the whole story, and the Moon listened, and was sorry for her; and though she could not tell her where to find her husband, she gave her an almond, and told her to crack it when she was in great need. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 listened listen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 22 though though SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 27 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 iobj _ _ 28 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 30 advmod _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 ccomp _ _ 31 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 36 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 iobj _ _ 37 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 almond almond NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 42 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 iobj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 crack crack VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 51 advmod _ _ 47 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 need need NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the girl | the whole story | Moon | | then | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient story=Topic | | 2 | **listen** | past | the Moon | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | the Moon *not said here* | | | | | for Moon; sorry *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | could | Moon | | girl | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **find** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | Moon's husband | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Topic | | 6 | **give** | past | Moon | a almond | girl | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient almond=Theme | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | | | Moon | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **crack** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | almond | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | | 9 | **is** | past | Moon | | | great need | | | tree rules | 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/25/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/25/39/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/25/)