--- title: As they fled, the girl told him that she had overheard a conversatio… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As they fled, the girl told him that she had overheard a conversation between the old man and his grandmother, saying that she was a king’s daughter, whom the old fellow had obtained by cunning from her parents. Who acts: peas, girl, cunning. 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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 (peas, girl, cunning), 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:pg641:10:122 # text = As they fled, the girl told him that she had overheard a conversation between the old man and his grandmother, saying that she was a king’s daughter, whom the old fellow had obtained by cunning from her parents. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 iobj _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 overheard overhear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 ccomp _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 conversation conversation NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 between between ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 grandmother grandmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ’s 's PART POS _ 28 case _ _ 30 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 37 obl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 obtained obtain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 conj _ _ 38 by by ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 cunning cunning NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 40 from from ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flee** | past | peas *= pea* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the girl | | prince | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **overhear** | past · perfect | girl | a conversation | | | | between the old man and prince's grandmother | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer conversation=Stimulus | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | girl *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** | past | girl | a king's daughter | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **obtain** | past · perfect · passive | cunning from girl's parents | the old fellow | | | | a king's daughter *obl* | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Theme | 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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/121/) - next →: [sentence 123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/123/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Prince, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/)