--- title: When her father saw her mounted and curvetting about the court, he g… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When her father saw her mounted and curvetting about the court, he gave her much wise advice, as to how she was to behave like the young man she appeared to be, and also how to behave as the girl she really was. Who acts: father, heart. 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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, heart), 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:pg641:38:41 # text = When her father saw her mounted and curvetting about the court, he gave her much wise advice, as to how she was to behave like the young man she appeared to be, and also how to behave as the girl she really was. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 mounted mount VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 curvetting curvet VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 9 about about ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 15 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 iobj _ _ 16 much much ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 20 fixed _ _ 22 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 behave behave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 27 like like ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 also also ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 38 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 40 advmod _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 behave behave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 41 as as ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 really really ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | heart's father | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **mount** | past | heart | | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **curvet** | gerund | heart's father *not said here* | | | | | about the court | tree rules | | 4 | **give** | past | father | wise advice | heart | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient advice=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | heart | | | | | like the young man; behave *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **appear** | past | heart | the young man *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **be** | to-infinitive | heart *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **behave** | to-infinitive | heart's father *not said here* | | | | | as the girl | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as girl=Attribute | 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/38/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/38/42/) - ↑ back to [The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/38/)