--- title: Before this, while he was staying down there, she had told him that… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Before this, while he was staying down there, she had told him that she was a daughter of the same troll whom the youth served, and he had shut her up there to keep her away from everyone. Who acts: troll, girl, youth. 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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 (troll, girl, youth), 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:pg5615:27:23 # text = Before this, while he was staying down there, she had told him that she was a daughter of the same troll whom the youth served, and he had shut her up there to keep her away from everyone. 1 Before before ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 while while SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 staying stay VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 8 down down ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 iobj _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 ccomp _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 troll troll NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 24 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 obj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 served serve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 shut shut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 up up ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 35 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 38 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 away away ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 40 from from ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | past · progressive | troll | | | this; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before this=Location | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | girl | | troll | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 3 | **is a** | past | girl | a daughter | | | | of the same troll | tree rules | | 4 | **serve** | past | the youth | the same troll | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Attribute | | 5 | **shut up** | past · perfect | youth | girl | | there | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 6 | **keep away** | to-infinitive | youth *not said here* | | girl | everyone | | away *property* | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer she=Beneficiary from everyone=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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/27/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/27/24/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/27/)