--- title: But even she found that it was not so easy to look after a hundred c… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But even she found that it was not so easy to look after a hundred children, and when a few days had passed and they had eaten up all the food there was in the house, they began to cry, ‘Father! Who acts: crowd, children. 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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 (crowd, children), 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:pg641:13:38 # text = But even she found that it was not so easy to look after a hundred children, and when a few days had passed and they had eaten up all the food there was in the house, they began to cry, ‘Father! 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 even even ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 expl _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 easy easy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 csubj _ _ 13 after after ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 conj _ _ 29 up up ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 30 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 32 det:predet _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 33 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 34 expl _ _ 34 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 cry cry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 Father Father PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | crowd | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **is** | past | | | | | | easy *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **look** | to-infinitive | | | | | after hundred children | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **pass** | past · perfect · passive | | a few days | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory | | 5 | **eat up** | past · perfect | children *= child* | all food | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient | | 6 | **be** | past | children *= child* *not said here* | | | the house; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location | | 7 | **begin** | past | children *= child* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **cry** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | children *= child* *not said here* | Father | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Topic | 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/13/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/13/39/) - ↑ back to [Stan Bolovan](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/13/)