--- title: But when they got out to sea, and Maiden Bright-eye came up on deck,… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But when they got out to sea, and Maiden Bright-eye came up on deck, the sister did as her mother had instructed her--she gave her a push and made her fall into the water. Who acts: orders, Maiden eye, sister. 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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 (orders, Maiden eye, sister), 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:pg5615:31:86 # text = But when they got out to sea, and Maiden Bright-eye came up on deck, the sister did as her mother had instructed her--she gave her a push and made her fall into the water. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 5 out out ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 10 Maiden Maiden PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 11 Bright Bright ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 10 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 up up ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 deck deck NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 22 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 instructed instruct VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 advcl _ _ 27 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 -- -- PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 31 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 push push NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 36 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 into into ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get out** | past | orders *= order* | | | | | to sea; out *property* | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **come up** | past | Maiden eye | | | deck | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on deck=Location | | 3 | **do** | past | the sister | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **instruct** *speech: other* | past · perfect · passive | | sister's mother | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **give** | past | sister | a push | mother | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient push=Theme | | 6 | **make** | past | sister *not said here* | sister | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **fall** | infinitive | sister *not said here* | | | | | into the water *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into water=Result | 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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/31/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/31/87/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/31/)