--- title: After some discussion, it was agreed that the pearls should be divid… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: After some discussion, it was agreed that the pearls should be divided by lot, and that each should have his chance in the order of his age: of course, if the oldest was successful the other two would be saved the trouble of trying. Who acts: lot, each, the, Hereupon. A sentence of «The Violet Fairy --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/24/20/) [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/) / [Jesper Who Herded the Hares](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/24/) / 20 # The Violet Fairy Book, Jesper Who Herded the Hares, sentence 20 After some discussion, it was agreed that the pearls should be divided by lot, and that each should have his chance in the order of his age: of course, if the oldest was successful the other two would be saved the trouble of trying. **Who acts:** lot, each, the, Hereupon · **What happens:** agree, divide, have, be, save, try · **To what, where:** discussion, pearls, chance, order, other two, age This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Jesper Who Herded the Hares. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (lot, each, the, Hereupon), 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:pg641:24:20 # text = After some discussion, it was agreed that the pearls should be divided by lot, and that each should have his chance in the order of his age: of course, if the oldest was successful the other two would be saved the trouble of trying. 1 After after ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 3 discussion discussion NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 agreed agree VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 pearls pearl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 divided divide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 advcl _ _ 14 by by ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 21 nsubj _ _ 20 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 : : PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 31 of of SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 32 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 34 if if SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 nsubj _ _ 36 oldest old ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 35 nmod _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 38 successful successful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 saved save VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 advcl _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 of of SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 48 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 46 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past · passive | | discussion | | | after some discussion | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Topic | | 2 | **divide** | should · passive | lot | the pearls | | | | | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 3 | **have** | should | each | Hereupon's chance | | the order of Hereupon's age | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chance=Patient | | 4 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the | | | | | successful *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **save** | would · passive | | the other two | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary trouble=Theme | | 6 | **try** | gerund | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **chance** | | Hereupon | | | | | | nom chance «state intransitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **order** | | | Hereupon's age | | | | | nom order «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/24/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/24/21/) - ↑ back to [Jesper Who Herded the Hares](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/24/)