--- title: Once on board ship, she was so busy turning over all the precious th… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Once on board ship, she was so busy turning over all the precious things stored there, that she never knew that the sails were spread, and that they were flying along with the wind behind them; and when she did know, she rejoiced in her heart, though she pretended to weep and lament at being carried --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/39/92/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Violet Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/) / [The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/39/) / 92 # The Violet Fairy Book, The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 2, sentence 92 Once on board ship, she was so busy turning over all the precious things stored there, that she never knew that the sails were spread, and that they were flying along with the wind behind them; and when she did know, she rejoiced in her heart, though she pretended to weep and lament at being carried captive a second time. **Who acts:** mistress, sails · **What happens:** be, turn, store, not know, spread, fly · **To what, where:** ship, precious things, sails, heart · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (mistress, sails), 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:pg641:39:92 # text = Once on board ship, she was so busy turning over all the precious things stored there, that she never knew that the sails were spread, and that they were flying along with the wind behind them; and when she did know, she rejoiced in her heart, though she pretended to weep and lament at being carried captive a second time. 1 Once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 9 advmod _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 board board ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 busy busy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 10 turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 11 over over ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 15 det:predet _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 precious precious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 16 stored store VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl _ _ 17 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 sails sail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 spread spread VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 flying fly VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 34 along along ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 behind behind ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 42 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 45 advmod _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 rejoiced rejoice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 ccomp _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 53 though though SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 54 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 pretended pretend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 conj _ _ 56 to to PART TO _ 57 mark _ _ 57 weep weep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 xcomp _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 59 lament lament VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 conj _ _ 60 at at SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 61 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 62 aux:pass _ _ 62 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 59 advcl _ _ 63 captive captive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 xcomp _ _ 64 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 65 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 66 amod _ _ 66 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | mistress | | | ship | | busy, once *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **turn** | gerund | mistress *not said here* | | | all precious things | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme over thing=Trajectory | | 3 | **store** | participle | | all precious things *not said here* | | there | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **know** | past | mistress | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **spread** | past · passive | | the sails | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **fly** | past · progressive | sails *= sail* | | | | | with the wind behind slaves; along *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **know** | past · do-support | mistress | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **rejoice** | past | mistress | | | mistress's heart | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **pretend** | past | mistress | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **weep** | to-infinitive | mistress *not said here* | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **lament** | infinitive | mistress *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 12 | **carry** | gerund · passive | mistress *not said here* | | | | time | captive *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP» | 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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/39/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/39/93/) - ↑ back to [The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/39/)