--- title: At the end of a few minutes she had made up her mind, and, turning t… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At the end of a few minutes she had made up her mind, and, turning to Schurka, said: ‘Let us go together into the town, and the moment we meet a baker you must make a rush between his legs and upset the tray from off his head; I will lay hold of the rolls, and will carry them off to our master.’ Who --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/33/148/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Yellow Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/) / [The Magic Ring](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/33/) / 148 # The Yellow Fairy Book, The Magic Ring, sentence 148 At the end of a few minutes she had made up her mind, and, turning to Schurka, said: ‘Let us go together into the town, and the moment we meet a baker you must make a rush between his legs and upset the tray from off his head; I will lay hold of the rolls, and will carry them off to our master.’ **Who acts:** Waska, us, we, baker, I · **What happens:** make up, turn, say, let, go together, meet · **To what, where:** mind, end, Schurka, us, town, rush · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Magic Ring. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Waska, us, we, baker), 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:pg640:33:148 # text = At the end of a few minutes she had made up her mind, and, turning to Schurka, said: ‘Let us go together into the town, and the moment we meet a baker you must make a rush between his legs and upset the tray from off his head; I will lay hold of the rolls, and will carry them off to our master.’ 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 11 up up ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 parataxis _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Schurka Schurka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 21 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 23 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 Let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 25 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 together together ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 into into ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 35 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 meet meet VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 baker baker NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 ccomp _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 rush rush NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 between between ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nmod _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 upset upset VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 tray tray NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 from from ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 off off ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ; ; PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 56 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 57 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 59 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obj _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 rolls roll NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 65 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 66 aux _ _ 66 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 67 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 obj _ _ 68 off off ADP RP _ 66 compound:prt _ _ 69 to to ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 71 nmod:poss _ _ 71 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 73 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make up** | past · perfect | Waska | Waska's mind | | | at the end; minute | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | | 2 | **turn** | gerund | | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | Schurka | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to schurka=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 4 | **let** | infinitive | | us | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **go together** | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | the town | | together *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into town=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **meet** | present | we | | | | moment | | tree rules | | 7 | **make** | must | a baker | a rush | | | | between Schurka's legs | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset rush=Product | | 8 | **upset** | past | a baker *not said here* | the tray | | Schurka's head | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus tray=Experiencer | | 9 | **lay** | future | I | hold of the rolls | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Result | | 10 | **carry off** | future | | rolls *= roll* | | our master | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to master=Destination | | 11 | **mind** | | Waska | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **hold** | | | the rolls | | | | | nom hold «act transitive»: of=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 147](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/33/147/) - next →: [sentence 149](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/33/149/) - ↑ back to [The Magic Ring](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/33/)