--- title: She took a bottle, rubbed him from head to foot with something from… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She took a bottle, rubbed him from head to foot with something from it, and thereupon he was as sound as ever; but after what he had got that night he was very unwilling to try it a second time. Who acts: Princess, daylight. 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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 (Princess, daylight), 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:pg640:45:44 # text = She took a bottle, rubbed him from head to foot with something from it, and thereupon he was as sound as ever; but after what he had got that night he was very unwilling to try it a second time. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bottle bottle NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 rubbed rub VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 11 nmod _ _ 14 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 18 thereupon thereupon ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 21 as as ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 sound sound ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 parataxis _ _ 23 as as ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 after after ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 parataxis _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 acl:relcl _ _ 32 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 det _ _ 33 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl:unmarked _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 very very ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 unwilling unwilling ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 conj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 csubj _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 43 amod _ _ 43 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | Princess | a bottle | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bottle=Theme | | 2 | **rub** | past | Princess *not said here* | daylight | foot with something | head | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Patient to foot=Recipient | | 3 | **is** | past | daylight | | | | | sound, thereupon *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **get** | past · perfect | daylight | | | | night | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is** | past | daylight | | | | | unwilling *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **try** | to-infinitive | | bottle | | | time | | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/45/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/45/45/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Mountains](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/45/)