--- title: When you have filled the manger as full as it will hold you must wea… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When you have filled the manger as full as it will hold you must weave a strong plait of the rushes which grow among the meadow hay, and cut a thick peg of stout wood, and be sure that the horse sees what you are doing. Who acts: you, manger, rushes, horse. 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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 (you, manger, rushes, horse), 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:pg641:10:9 # text = When you have filled the manger as full as it will hold you must weave a strong plait of the rushes which grow among the meadow hay, and cut a thick peg of stout wood, and be sure that the horse sees what you are doing. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 manger manger NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 as as ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 weave weave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 plait plait NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 rushes rush NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 23 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 24 among among ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 meadow meadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 hay hay NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 peg peg NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 stout stout ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 cop _ _ 40 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 conj _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 44 sees see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 ccomp _ _ 45 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 48 obj _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 44 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fill** | present · perfect | you | the manger | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent manger=Patient | | 2 | **hold** | future | manger | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **weave** | must | you | a strong plait of the rushes | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plait=Product | | 4 | **grow** | present | the rushes | | | the meadow hay | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among hay=Location | | 5 | **cut** | past | | a thick peg of stout wood | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset peg=Product | | 6 | **is** | infinitive | | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **see** | present | the horse | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **do** | present · progressive | you | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=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 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/10/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Prince, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/)