--- title: They had so much to say to each other, that the sun was already sett… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They had so much to say to each other, that the sun was already setting when the godmother had ended all the good advice she wished to give the child, and saw it was time for her to be going. Who acts: eyes, sun, godmother. A sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Child Who Came Fro --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/12/79/) [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 Violet Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/) / [The Child Who Came From an Egg](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/12/) / 79 # The Violet Fairy Book, The Child Who Came From an Egg, sentence 79 They had so much to say to each other, that the sun was already setting when the godmother had ended all the good advice she wished to give the child, and saw it was time for her to be going. **Who acts:** eyes, sun, godmother · **What happens:** have, say, set, end, wish, give · **To what, where:** much, each, godmother, good advice, child, time · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Child Who Came From an Egg. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (eyes, sun, godmother), 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:pg641:12:79 # text = They had so much to say to each other, that the sun was already setting when the godmother had ended all the good advice she wished to give the child, and saw it was time for her to be going. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 acl _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 6 obl _ _ 9 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 already already ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 setting set VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 17 when when SCONJ WRB _ 21 mark _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 godmother godmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 ended end VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 advcl _ _ 22 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 25 det:predet _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 37 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nmod _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 aux _ _ 42 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | eyes *= eye* | much | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Patient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | | | each | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to each=Recipient | | 3 | **set** | past · progressive | the sun | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **end** | past · perfect · passive | | the godmother | | | | all good advice *obl* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality | | 5 | **wish** | past | godmother | all good advice *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **give** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | godmother *not said here* | | the child | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme | | 7 | **see** | past | eyes *= eye* *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **is a** | past | sun | time | | | | for godmother | tree rules | | 9 | **go** | to-infinitive · progressive | sun *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/12/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/12/80/) - ↑ back to [The Child Who Came From an Egg](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/12/)