--- title: As soon as they were cooked the old dame took a pair of scales and a… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as they were cooked the old dame took a pair of scales and a morsel of bread from the cupboard, and was just about to divide it when Prince Vivien, who really could wait no longer, seized the whole piece and ate it up, saying in his turn, ‘Patience.’ Who acts: old dame, Vivien. 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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 (old dame, Vivien), 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:pg7277:36:49 # text = As soon as they were cooked the old dame took a pair of scales and a morsel of bread from the cupboard, and was just about to divide it when Prince Vivien, who really could wait no longer, seized the whole piece and ate it up, saying in his turn, ‘Patience.’ 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 cooked cook VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 advcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 dame dame NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 pair pair NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 scales scale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 morsel morsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 20 from from ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 cupboard cupboard NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 26 just just ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 about about ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 divide divide VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 29 advmod _ _ 32 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod:desc _ _ 33 Vivien Vivien PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 36 really really ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 37 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 parataxis _ _ 39 no no ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 parataxis _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 up up ADP RP _ 47 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 51 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 47 advcl _ _ 52 in in ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 turn turn NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 Patience patience NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cook** | past · passive | | peas *= pea* | | | | soon *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **take** | past | the old dame | a pair of scales and a morsel of bread | | the cupboard | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent pair=Theme from cupboard=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **is** | past | | | | | | about, divide *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **wait** | could | Vivien Prince | | | | | long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **seize** | past | | the whole piece | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Theme | | 6 | **eat up** | past | | piece | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | Patience | | dame's turn | | | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in turn=Manner | 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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/50/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/)