--- title: Then Mark wrote a letter to his wife and gave it to Vassili to take… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then Mark wrote a letter to his wife and gave it to Vassili to take to her, and this was what was in the letter: ‘When the bearer of this arrives, take him into the soap factory, and when you pass near the great boiler, push him in. Who acts: Mark, this, bearer, you. 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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 (Mark, this, bearer, you), 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:pg641:4:55 # text = Then Mark wrote a letter to his wife and gave it to Vassili to take to her, and this was what was in the letter: ‘When the bearer of this arrives, take him into the soap factory, and when you pass near the great boiler, push him in. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 Mark Mark PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wrote write VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Vassili Vassili PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 20 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 22 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 26 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 : : PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 28 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 When when SCONJ WRB _ 34 mark _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 bearer bearer NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 nmod _ _ 34 arrives arrive VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 36 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 into into ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 soap soap NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 factory factory NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 44 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 46 advmod _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 pass pass VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 advcl _ _ 47 near near ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 boiler boiler NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 52 push push VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 53 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 in in ADP RP _ 52 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | past | Mark | a letter | Mark's wife | | then | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent letter=Topic to wife=Recipient | | 2 | **give** | past | Mark *not said here* | letter | Vassili | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to vassili=Recipient | | 3 | **take** | to-infinitive | Mark *not said here* | | Vassili | | | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to she=Result | | 4 | **is** | past | this | | | the letter | | | tree rules | | 5 | **arrive** | present | the bearer of this | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **take** | infinitive | Mark *not said here* | bearer | | the soap factory | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme into factory=Destination | | 7 | **pass** | present | you | | | the great boiler | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme near boiler=Location | | 8 | **push in** | infinitive | Mark *not said here* | bearer | | | | | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/4/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/4/56/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Three Wonderful Beggars](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/4/)