--- title: Her father could not bear to refuse her, and the three beggars were… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Her father could not bear to refuse her, and the three beggars were allowed to sleep in a loft, and at night, when everyone in the house was fast asleep, little Anastasia got up, climbed up to the loft, and peeped in. Who acts: father, three beggars, everyone, little Anastasia. 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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, three beggars, everyone, little Anastasia), 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:pg641:4:5 # text = Her father could not bear to refuse her, and the three beggars were allowed to sleep in a loft, and at night, when everyone in the house was fast asleep, little Anastasia got up, climbed up to the loft, and peeped in. 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 bear bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 refuse refuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 beggars beggar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 loft loft NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 26 when when SCONJ WRB _ 33 mark _ _ 27 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 33 nsubj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 32 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 33 advmod _ _ 33 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 Anastasia Anastasia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 38 up up ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 climbed climb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 parataxis _ _ 41 up up ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 loft loft NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 peeped peep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 conj _ _ 48 in in ADP RP _ 47 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **bear** | could | daddy's father | | | | night | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **refuse** | to-infinitive | daddy's father *not said here* | daddy | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 3 | **allow** | past · passive | | the three beggars | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **sleep** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the three beggars *not said here* | | | a loft | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in loft=Location | | 5 | **is** | past | everyone | | | | | asleep, fast *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **get up** | past | little Anastasia | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **climb up** | past | | | | the loft | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to loft=Destination | | 8 | **peep in** | participle | | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/4/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/4/6/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Three Wonderful Beggars](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/4/)