--- title: So she ordered the great bath to be filled with the milk of her mare… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So she ordered the great bath to be filled with the milk of her mares, and begged the emperor to clothe himself in white robes, and enter the bath with her, an invitation he accepted with joy. Who acts: wish, invitation. 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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 (wish, invitation), 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:pg641:40:83 # text = So she ordered the great bath to be filled with the milk of her mares, and begged the emperor to clothe himself in white robes, and enter the bath with her, an invitation he accepted with joy. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 bath bath NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 mares mare NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 clothe clothe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 23 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 22 obj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 robes robe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 enter enter VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 bath bath NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 invitation invitation NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 accepted accept VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **order** | past | wish | the great bath | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bath=Theme | | 2 | **fill** | to-infinitive · passive | wish *not said here* | the great bath *not said here* | | | | with the milk of wish's mares | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: with milk=Instrument | | 3 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | wish *not said here* | | the emperor | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent emperor=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **clothe** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | wish *not said here* | emperor | | white robes | | | vn dress-41.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | | 5 | **enter** | infinitive | | the bath | | | | with wish | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bath=Destination | | 6 | **accept** | past | a invitation | | | | | with joy | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: 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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/40/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/40/84/) - ↑ back to [The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/40/)