--- title: To which their mother replied: ‘Do as you like, but see that you cho… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: To which their mother replied: ‘Do as you like, but see that you choose good housewives, who will look carefully after your affairs; and, to make certain of this, take with you these three skeins of flax, and give it to them to spin. Who acts: mother, you, good housewives. 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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 (mother, you, good housewives), 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:pg641:36:4 # text = To which their mother replied: ‘Do as you like, but see that you choose good housewives, who will look carefully after your affairs; and, to make certain of this, take with you these three skeins of flax, and give it to them to spin. 1 To to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 2 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 obj _ _ 3 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 7 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 like like VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 choose choose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 18 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 housewives housewife NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 22 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 acl _ _ 24 carefully carefully ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 after after ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 affairs affair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 33 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 xcomp _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ _ 40 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 42 det _ _ 41 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 nummod _ _ 42 skeins skein NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 flax flax NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 parataxis _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obl _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 spin spin VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | sons's mother | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **like** | present | you | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **see** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **choose** | present | you | good housewives | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent housewife=Theme | | 6 | **look** | future | good housewives | | | | after your affairs | carefully *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **make** | to-infinitive | | | | | | certain *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 8 | **take** | infinitive | | this three skeins of flax | | | | with you | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skein=Theme | | 9 | **give** | infinitive | | flax | sons *= son* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to they=Recipient | | 10 | **spin** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/36/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/36/5/) - ↑ back to [The Frog](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/36/)