--- title: She was not very much inclined for pulling the heather, as she never… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She was not very much inclined for pulling the heather, as she never was in the habit of doing any work, but she was only a minute or so at it when up came the same little fellow with the red cap, and said: Who acts: world, habit, same little fellow. 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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 (world, habit, same little fellow), 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:pg5615:31:62 # text = She was not very much inclined for pulling the heather, as she never was in the habit of doing any work, but she was only a minute or so at it when up came the same little fellow with the red cap, and said: 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 much much ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 inclined inclined ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 for for SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 pulling pull VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 heather heather NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 14 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 habit habit NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 19 of of SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 20 doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 acl _ _ 21 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 22 det _ _ 22 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 27 only only ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 30 or or CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 so so ADV RB _ 29 conj _ _ 32 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nmod _ _ 34 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 35 up up ADP RP _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 advcl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 38 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 39 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 cap cap NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 48 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past | world | | | | | inclined *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **pull** | gerund | world *not said here* | the heather | | | | | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heather=Theme | | 3 | **not** **is** | past | world | | | the habit | | | tree rules | | 4 | **do** | gerund | the habit *not said here* | any work | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality | | 5 | **is a** | past | world | a minute | | work | | | tree rules | | 6 | **come** | past | the same little fellow with the red cap | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/31/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/31/63/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/31/)