--- title: When he had lived seven years with the old woman she ordered him one… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When he had lived seven years with the old woman she ordered him one day, as she was going out, to kill and pluck a chicken, stuff it with herbs, and have it very nicely roasted by the time she got back. Who acts: scent, woman, stuff. 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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 (scent, woman, stuff), 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:pg641:26:84 # text = When he had lived seven years with the old woman she ordered him one day, as she was going out, to kill and pluck a chicken, stuff it with herbs, and have it very nicely roasted by the time she got back. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 lived live VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ _ 5 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 21 out out ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 kill kill VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 pluck pluck VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 chicken chicken NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 stuff stuff NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 herbs herb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 very very ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 nicely nicely ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 roasted roast VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 41 by by ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl:relcl _ _ 46 back back ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | past · perfect | scent | | | | year | with the old woman | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with woman=Location | | 2 | **order** | past | woman | the old woman *not said here* | scent | | day | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **go out** | past · progressive | woman | | | | | | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **kill** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **pluck** | infinitive | | | | | | with herbs | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **chicken** | | stuff | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **roast** | present · perfect | | | | | time | nicely *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **get back** | past | woman | the time *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer time=Stimulus | 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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/26/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/26/85/) - ↑ back to [The History of Dwarf Long Nose, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/26/)