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title: And when the men were dividing the money, one said, ‘Let us send a l… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: And when the men were dividing the money, one said, ‘Let us send a little to our friend’s mother,’ and they sent some to her; and every day one took her rice, and one oil; one took her meat, and one took her cloth, every day. Who acts: men, one, us, arms. A sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by And
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# The Violet Fairy Book, The Story of Hassebu, sentence 32

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And when the men were dividing the money, one said, ‘Let us send a little to our friend’s mother,’ and they sent some to her; and every day one took her rice, and one oil; one took her meat, and one took her cloth, every day.

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**Who acts:** men, one, us, arms, day · **What happens:** divide, say, let, send, take · **To what, where:** money, us, little, mother, some, rice · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Story of Hassebu. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (men, one, us, arms), 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:pg641:30:32
# text = And when the men were dividing the money, one said, ‘Let us send a little to our friend’s mother,’ and they sent some to her; and every day one took her rice, and one oil; one took her meat, and one took her cloth, every day.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
2	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	dividing	divide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nsubj	_	_
11	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	Let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	ccomp	_	_
15	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	send	send	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	obj	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
20	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	’s	's	PART	POS	_	21	case	_	_
23	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
27	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
28	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
29	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	28	obj	_	_
30	to	to	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	37	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
34	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	35	det	_	_
35	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	nsubj	_	_
36	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	35	flat	_	_
37	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
38	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	39	nmod:poss	_	_
39	rice	rice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
42	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	43	nummod	_	_
43	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	46	punct	_	_
45	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	46	nsubj	_	_
46	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	conj	_	_
47	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	48	nmod:poss	_	_
48	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
50	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
51	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	52	nsubj	_	_
52	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	46	conj	_	_
53	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	54	nmod:poss	_	_
54	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
56	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	57	det	_	_
57	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **divide** | past · progressive | the men | the money |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | one |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **let** | infinitive |  | us |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **send** | infinitive | us *not said here* | a little | our friend's mother |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent little=Theme to mother=Destination |
| 5 | **send** | past | arms *= arm* | some | mother |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent some=Theme to she=Destination |
| 6 | **take** | past | every day | mother's rice |  |  |  | one oil *obl* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rice=Theme |
| 7 | **take** | past | one | mother's meat |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Theme |
| 8 | **take** | past | one | mother's cloth |  |  | day |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloth=Theme |

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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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