--- title: When at last he could eat no more he said to the girl, ‘Now you can… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When at last he could eat no more he said to the girl, ‘Now you can pick up the pieces, and take what is left in the iron pot for your own dinner, but give the bones to the dog.’ Who acts: master, 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 (master, 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:pg641:9:89 # text = When at last he could eat no more he said to the girl, ‘Now you can pick up the pieces, and take what is left in the iron pot for your own dinner, but give the bones to the dog.’ 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 6 mark _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 obl _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 7 no no ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 10 advmod _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 pick pick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 parataxis _ _ 20 up up ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 26 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 ccomp _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | could | master | | | last | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | master | | the girl | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to girl=Recipient | | 3 | **pick up** | can | you | the pieces | | | now | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Topic | | 4 | **take** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn require-103 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition | | 5 | **leave** | present · passive | | | | the iron pot for your own dinner | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in pot=Location | | 6 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | the bones | the dog | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent bone=Theme to dog=Recipient | 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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/9/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/9/90/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Prince, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/9/)