--- title: At this her tongue broke loose again, as she abused him for his foll… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At this her tongue broke loose again, as she abused him for his folly in taking the little one, and she never rested till her husband had described the exact way which led to the sparrow-princess’s house. Who acts: woman, exact way. 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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 (woman, exact way), 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:pg5615:36:87 # text = At this her tongue broke loose again, as she abused him for his folly in taking the little one, and she never rested till her husband had described the exact way which led to the sparrow-princess’s house. 1 At at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 tongue tongue NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 5 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 loose loose ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 again again ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 abused abuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 folly folly NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 in in SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 17 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 rested rest VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 26 till till SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 described describe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 parataxis _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 exact exact ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl:unmarked _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 35 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 38 sparrow sparrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ’s 's PART POS _ 40 case _ _ 42 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | past | | | | woman's tongue | again | loose *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at tongue=Location | | 2 | **abuse** | past | woman | blaze | | | | for blaze's folly | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Theme for folly=Attribute | | 3 | **take** | gerund | woman *not said here* | the little one | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | | 4 | **not** **rest** | past | woman | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **describe** | past · perfect · passive | | woman's husband | | | | the exact way *obl:unmarked* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **lead** | past | the exact way | | | | | to the sparrow princess's house | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to house=Patient | 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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/36/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/36/88/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/36/)