--- title: She made a soft bed under him, and put a coverlet over him, and she… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She made a soft bed under him, and put a coverlet over him, and she folded his hands over his breast; but instead of a flower or a psalm-book, she gave him a pint-bottle of brandy in his hands. Who acts: Death. 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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 (Death), 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:pg5615:32:63 # text = She made a soft bed under him, and put a coverlet over him, and she folded his hands over his breast; but instead of a flower or a psalm-book, she gave him a pint-bottle of brandy in his hands. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 under under ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 coverlet coverlet NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 over over ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 folded fold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 21 over over ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 breast breast NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 29 case _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 26 fixed _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 30 or or CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 32 psalm psalm NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 iobj _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 40 pint pint NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 bottle bottle NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 brandy brandy NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | Death | a soft bed | | | | under carpenter | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bed=Product | | 2 | **put** | infinitive | Death *not said here* | a coverlet | | | | over carpenter | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent coverlet=Theme over he=Destination | | 3 | **fold** | past | Death | carpenter's hands | | carpenter's breast | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | | 4 | **give** | past | Death | a pint bottle of brandy | carpenter | carpenter's hands | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient bottle=Theme | 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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/32/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/32/64/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/32/)