--- title: Next morning, when she got up, the lady placed a gold seal ring on h… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Next morning, when she got up, the lady placed a gold seal ring on her finger, strung a little golden box on a ribbon, and placed it round her neck; then she called the old man, and, forcing back her tears, took leave of Elsa. Who acts: wife, lady. A sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lan --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/2/169/) [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/) / [A Tale of the Tontlawald](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/2/) / 169 # The Violet Fairy Book, A Tale of the Tontlawald, sentence 169 Next morning, when she got up, the lady placed a gold seal ring on her finger, strung a little golden box on a ribbon, and placed it round her neck; then she called the old man, and, forcing back her tears, took leave of Elsa. **Who acts:** wife, lady · **What happens:** get up, place, string, call, force back, take · **To what, where:** seal ring, finger, little golden box, ribbon, box, old man · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, A Tale of the Tontlawald. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wife, lady), 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:pg641:2:169 # text = Next morning, when she got up, the lady placed a gold seal ring on her finger, strung a little golden box on a ribbon, and placed it round her neck; then she called the old man, and, forcing back her tears, took leave of Elsa. 1 Next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 7 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 seal seal NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 strung string VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 22 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 23 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 ribbon ribbon NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 round round ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 36 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 forcing force VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 38 advcl _ _ 46 back back ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 47 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 50 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 51 leave leave NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 Elsa Elsa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get up** | past | wife | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **place** | past | the lady | a seal ring | | wife's finger | morning | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent ring=Theme on finger=Destination | | 3 | **string** | past | the lady *not said here* | a little golden box | | a ribbon | | | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent box=Theme on ribbon=Destination | | 4 | **place** | past | the lady *not said here* | box | | | | round wife's neck | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **call** | past | wife | the old man | | | then | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **force back** | gerund | wife *not said here* | wife's tears | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tear=Recipient | | 7 | **take** | past | wife *not said here* | leave of Elsa | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leave=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 168](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/2/168/) - next →: [sentence 170](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/2/170/) - ↑ back to [A Tale of the Tontlawald](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/2/)