--- title: He did as she bade, and as soon as they were in the garden put her o… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He did as she bade, and as soon as they were in the garden put her on the ground, when she waddled off as fast as she could towards the lake, Jem hurrying after her with an anxious heart, for he knew that his life depended on her success. Who acts: father, doors, Mimi, lake. 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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 (father, doors, Mimi, lake), 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:pg641:28:90 # text = He did as she bade, and as soon as they were in the garden put her on the ground, when she waddled off as fast as she could towards the lake, Jem hurrying after her with an anxious heart, for he knew that his life depended on her success. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 as as ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 compound _ _ 5 bade bade NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 8 as as ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 16 advmod _ _ 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 12 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 advcl _ _ 16 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 17 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 waddled waddle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 25 off off ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 as as ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 24 advmod _ _ 28 as as SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 31 towards towards ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 Jem Jem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 appos _ _ 36 hurrying hurry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 acl _ _ 37 after after ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 anxious anxious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 for for SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 47 that that SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 50 depended depend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 ccomp _ _ 51 on on ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 success success NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | father | | | | | as she bade | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | doors *= door* | | | the garden | | | tree rules | | 3 | **put** | past | father *not said here* | Mimi | | the ground | | soon *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme on ground=Destination | | 4 | **waddle off** | past | Mimi | | | the lake | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards lake=Destination | | 5 | **hurry** | gerund | the lake *not said here* | | | | after Mimi | with a anxious heart | vn rush-53.2 «NP V PP.eventuality»: agent=Agent with heart=Eventuality | | 6 | **know** | past | father | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **depend** | past | father's life | | | | | on Mimi's success | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent on success=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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/28/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/28/91/) - ↑ back to [The History of Dwarf Long Nose, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/28/)