--- title: The mother took them from her, and, instead of behaving better to po… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The mother took them from her, and, instead of behaving better to poor Little Two-eyes, as they ought to have done, they were jealous that she only could reach the fruit and behaved still more unkindly to her. Who acts: mother, apples, eye. 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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 (mother, apples, eye), 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:pg7277:40:96 # text = The mother took them from her, and, instead of behaving better to poor Little Two-eyes, as they ought to have done, they were jealous that she only could reach the fruit and behaved still more unkindly to her. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=SCONJ 12 mark _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 10 fixed _ _ 12 behaving behave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 13 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 12 xcomp _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 15 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 16 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 17 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 23 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 25 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 aux _ _ 26 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 30 jealous jealous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 only only ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 34 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 behaved behave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 conj _ _ 40 still still ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 41 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 42 advmod _ _ 42 unkindly unkindly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | the mother | apples *= apple* | | | | from eye | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent they=Theme from she=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **behave** | gerund | the mother *not said here* | | | | | to poor Little Two eyes; good *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **do** | ought · perfect | apples *= apple* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | apples *= apple* | | | | | jealous *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **reach** | could | eye | the fruit | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent fruit=Theme | | 6 | **behave** | participle | eye *not said here* | | | | | unkindly *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: 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 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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/40/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/40/97/) - ↑ back to [Little One-eye, Little Two-eyes, and Little Three-eyes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/40/)