--- title: The daughters of your uncle have waited for you in vain,” and she ba… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The daughters of your uncle have waited for you in vain,” and she bade us follow her to the house, saying, “Now there need be no more delay; you can marry your cousins as soon as you please, and take them with you to your own home.” Who acts: daughters, ogress, 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 (daughters, ogress, 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:pg641:41:149 # text = The daughters of your uncle have waited for you in vain,” and she bade us follow her to the house, saying, “Now there need be no more delay; you can marry your cousins as soon as you please, and take them with you to your own home.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 waited wait VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 bade bade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 17 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 “ " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ _ 28 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 29 expl _ _ 29 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 ccomp _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 cop _ _ 31 no no ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 33 amod _ _ 33 delay delay NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 38 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 cousins cousin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 40 as as ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 37 advmod _ _ 42 as as ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ _ 44 please please INTJ UH _ 37 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 48 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 with with ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 obl _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 53 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | present · perfect | the daughters of your uncle | | | vain | | for you | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in vain=Location | | 2 | **bade** *in a quote* | past | ogress | us | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **follow** *in a quote* | infinitive | ogress *not said here* | ogress | | the house | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme to house=Trajectory | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | gerund | ogress *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **need** | present | | | | there | now | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 6 | **is a** | infinitive | | more delay | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **marry** | can | you | your cousins | | | | soon *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cousin=Patient | | 8 | **take** | infinitive | you *not said here* | cousins *= cousin* | | your own home | | with you | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to home=Destination | 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 148](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/41/148/) - next →: [sentence 150](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/41/150/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Halfman](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/41/)