--- title: In the morning the old woman gave him milk and bread for his breakfa… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In the morning the old woman gave him milk and bread for his breakfast, which he ate contentedly, rejoicing that there was nothing to be gathered, or counted, or cooked, and when he had finished he begged her to tell him who she was. Who acts: old woman, milk, nothing, Prince. 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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 woman, milk, nothing, Prince), 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:pg7277:36:52 # text = In the morning the old woman gave him milk and bread for his breakfast, which he ate contentedly, rejoicing that there was nothing to be gathered, or counted, or cooked, and when he had finished he begged her to tell him who she was. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 iobj _ _ 9 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 breakfast breakfast NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 obj _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 19 contentedly contentedly ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 rejoicing rejoice VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 24 expl _ _ 24 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 ccomp _ _ 25 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 24 nsubj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 gathered gather VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 or or CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 counted count VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 or or CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 cooked cook VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 40 advmod _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 42 advcl _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 43 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 iobj _ _ 47 who who PRON WP PronType=Int 45 ccomp _ _ 48 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 49 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | the old woman | | Prince | | morning | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **eat** | past | milk for Prince's breakfast and bread | | | | | contentedly *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Patient | | 3 | **rejoice** | gerund | milk for Prince's breakfast and bread *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | past | nothing | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **gather** | to-infinitive · passive | nothing *not said here* | | | | | | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V» | | 6 | **count** | participle | nothing *not said here* | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **cook** | participle | nothing *not said here* | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **finish** | past · perfect | Prince | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 9 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | Prince | | woman | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 10 | **tell** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | | Prince | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 11 | **is a** | past | woman | | | | | | tree rules | 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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/53/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/)