--- title: When they had finished eating, the godmother led the child back, and… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When they had finished eating, the godmother led the child back, and on the way taught her the words she must say to the basket when she wanted it to give her something. Who acts: words, godmother, basket. 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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 (words, godmother, basket), 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:pg641:12:83 # text = When they had finished eating, the godmother led the child back, and on the way taught her the words she must say to the basket when she wanted it to give her something. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 5 eating eat VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 godmother godmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 back back ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 18 taught teach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 iobj _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 acl:relcl _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **finish** | past · perfect | words *= word* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **eat** | gerund | words *= word* *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **lead back** | past | the godmother | the child | | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme | | 4 | **teach** *speech: other* | past | the godmother *not said here* | the words | godmother | the way | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient word=Topic | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | must | godmother | the words *not said here* | the basket | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent word=Topic to basket=Recipient | | 6 | **want** | past | godmother | basket | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **give** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | basket *not said here* | something | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/12/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/12/84/) - ↑ back to [The Child Who Came From an Egg](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/12/)