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title: At these words Elsa fell on her knees, and kissed the lady’s hands a… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: At these words Elsa fell on her knees, and kissed the lady’s hands and feet in gratitude for her escape from her cruel stepmother; but her hostess raised her from the ground and patted her head, saying, ‘All will go well as long as you are a good, obedient child, and I will take care of you and see 
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# The Violet Fairy Book, A Tale of the Tontlawald, sentence 84

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At these words Elsa fell on her knees, and kissed the lady’s hands and feet in gratitude for her escape from her cruel stepmother; but her hostess raised her from the ground and patted her head, saying, ‘All will go well as long as you are a good, obedient child, and I will take care of you and see that you want for nothing till you are grown up and can look after yourself.

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**Who acts:** Elsa, hostess, All, you, I · **What happens:** fall, kiss, raise, pat, say, go · **To what, where:** words, hands, gratitude, Elsa, ground, head · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (Elsa, hostess, All, you), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg641:2:84
# text = At these words Elsa fell on her knees, and kissed the lady’s hands and feet in gratitude for her escape from her cruel stepmother; but her hostess raised her from the ground and patted her head, saying, ‘All will go well as long as you are a good, obedient child, and I will take care of you and see that you want for nothing till you are grown up and can look after yourself.
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
4	Elsa	Elsa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	knees	knee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	kissed	kiss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	’s	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	conj	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	gratitude	gratitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
20	for	for	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	escape	escape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
23	from	from	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
24	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
25	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	31	punct	_	_
28	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
29	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	30	nmod:poss	_	_
30	hostess	hostess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nsubj	_	_
31	raised	raise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
32	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	obj	_	_
33	from	from	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obl	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
37	patted	pat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	conj	_	_
38	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	39	nmod:poss	_	_
39	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
41	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	37	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
43	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	46	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	46	nsubj	_	_
45	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	46	aux	_	_
46	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	41	ccomp	_	_
47	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	46	advmod	_	_
48	as	as	ADV	RB	_	49	advmod	_	_
49	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	57	advmod	_	_
50	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	57	mark	_	_
51	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	57	nsubj	_	_
52	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	57	cop	_	_
53	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
54	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	57	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
56	obedient	obedient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	57	amod	_	_
57	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	_
59	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	62	cc	_	_
60	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	62	nsubj	_	_
61	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	62	aux	_	_
62	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	_
63	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	obj	_	_
64	of	of	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
65	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	62	obl	_	_
66	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	67	cc	_	_
67	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	62	conj	_	_
68	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	70	mark	_	_
69	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	70	nsubj	_	_
70	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	67	ccomp	_	_
71	for	for	ADP	IN	_	72	case	_	_
72	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	70	obj	_	_
73	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	76	mark	_	_
74	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	76	nsubj	_	_
75	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	76	aux:pass	_	_
76	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	70	obj	_	_
77	up	up	ADP	RP	_	76	compound:prt	_	_
78	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	80	cc	_	_
79	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	80	aux	_	_
80	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	70	conj	_	_
81	after	after	ADP	IN	_	82	case	_	_
82	yourself	yourself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	80	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
83	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | Elsa |  |  | this words |  | on Elsa's knees | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at word=Location |
| 2 | **kiss** | past | Elsa *not said here* | the lady's hands and feet |  | gratitude for Elsa's escape from Elsa's cruel stepmother |  |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Co-Agent |
| 3 | **raise** | past | Elsa's hostess | Elsa |  | the ground |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme from ground=Destination |
| 4 | **pat** | past | Elsa's hostess *not said here* | Elsa's head |  |  |  |  | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Experiencer |
| 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Elsa's hostess *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 6 | **go** | future | All |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **is a** | present | you | a good obedient child |  |  |  | long *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **take** | future | I | care |  |  |  | of you | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent care=Theme of you=Initial\_Location |
| 9 | **see** | infinitive | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 10 | **want** | present | you | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot nothing=Theme |
| 11 | **grow up** | present · passive |  | you |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 12 | **look** | can | you *not said here* |  |  |  | after yourself |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 13 | **escape** |  | Elsa |  |  |  |  | from Elsa's cruel stepmother | nom escape «act intransitive»: poss=agent from=obl |

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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.

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**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.

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