--- title: She told Gerda not to be sad, and that she should stay with her and… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She told Gerda not to be sad, and that she should stay with her and take of the cherry trees and flowers, which were better than any picture-bok, as they could each tell a story. Who acts: Gerda, cherry trees, trees. 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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 (Gerda, cherry trees, trees), 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:pg5615:9:15 # text = She told Gerda not to be sad, and that she should stay with her and take of the cherry trees and flowers, which were better than any picture-bok, as they could each tell a story. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Gerda Gerda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 iobj _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 7 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 cherry cherry NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 26 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 27 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 21 parataxis _ _ 28 than than SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 29 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 32 det _ _ 30 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 bok bok VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 as as SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 38 nsubj _ _ 38 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Gerda | | Gerda | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent gerda=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Gerda *not said here* | | | | | sad *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **stay** | should | Gerda | | | | | with ‘ | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with she=Location | | 4 | **take** | infinitive | Gerda *not said here* | the cherry trees and flowers | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | the cherry trees and flowers | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **bok** | infinitive | the cherry trees and flowers *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | could | trees *= tree* | a story | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient | 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/9/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/9/16/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/9/)