--- title: Her husband grieved bitterly, and buried her in the house where she… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Her husband grieved bitterly, and buried her in the house where she had passed her life; but as the time went on he felt so lonely without her that he made a wooden doll about her height and size for company, and dressed it in her clothes. Who acts: woman, husband. 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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, husband), 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:pg640:27:5 # text = Her husband grieved bitterly, and buried her in the house where she had passed her life; but as the time went on he felt so lonely without her that he made a wooden doll about her height and size for company, and dressed it in her clothes. 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 3 grieved grieve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 bitterly bitterly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 buried bury VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 15 advmod _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 acl:relcl _ _ 16 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 as as ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 23 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 24 on on SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 ccomp _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 lonely lonely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 xcomp _ _ 29 without without ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 doll doll NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 37 about about ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 size size NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 dressed dress VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grieve** | participle | | woman's husband *not said here* | | | | bitterly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **bury** | past | | woman's husband | | the house | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme in house=Destination | | 3 | **pass** | past · perfect | woman | woman's life | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme life=Trajectory | | 4 | **go** | past | | | | | time | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **feel** | past | husband | | | | | without woman; lonely *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **make** | past | husband | a wooden doll | | | | about woman's height for company and size | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent doll=Product | | 7 | **dress** | past | | doll | | woman's clothes | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/27/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/27/6/) - ↑ back to [The Dead Wife(20)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/27/)