--- title: But the cousin quietly made up her mind to steal the sack, so she ca… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But the cousin quietly made up her mind to steal the sack, so she called to her daughters: ‘Go quickly and heat the bathroom: I am sure our dear guest would like to have a bath before he goes to bed.’ Who acts: cousin, life, I, dear guest. 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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 (cousin, life, I, dear guest), 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:pg641:17:24 # text = But the cousin quietly made up her mind to steal the sack, so she called to her daughters: ‘Go quickly and heat the bathroom: I am sure our dear guest would like to have a bath before he goes to bed.’ 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 steal steal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 : : PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 21 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 23 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 heat heat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 bathroom bathroom NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 : : PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 31 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 32 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 33 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 guest guest NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 35 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 ccomp _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 bath bath NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 before before SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make up** | past | the cousin | life's mind | | | | quietly *property* | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | | 2 | **steal** | to-infinitive | the cousin *not said here* | the sack | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sack=Theme | | 3 | **call** | past | life | | life's daughters | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to daughter=Recipient | | 4 | **go** | infinitive | | | | | | quickly *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **heat** | present | | the bathroom | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent bathroom=Patient | | 6 | **is** | present | I | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **like** | would | our dear guest | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 8 | **have** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | our dear guest *not said here* | a bath | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bath=Patient | | 9 | **go** | present | guest | | | bed | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial\_Location | | 10 | **mind** | | life | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/17/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/17/25/) - ↑ back to [Two in a Sack](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/17/)