--- title: He then gave her some wine and bread, and when all her strength had… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He then gave her some wine and bread, and when all her strength had returned she got up, and they went to the door and knocked and called so loudly that the guards heard them, and told the King. Who acts: power, woman, eyes, guards. 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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 (power, woman, eyes, guards), 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:pg7277:46:34 # text = He then gave her some wine and bread, and when all her strength had returned she got up, and they went to the door and knocked and called so loudly that the guards heard them, and told the King. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 6 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 11 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 12 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 14 det _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 returned return VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 advcl _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 19 up up ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 knocked knock VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 conj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 conj _ _ 31 so so ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 36 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | power | some wine and bread | woman | | then | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient wine=Theme | | 2 | **return** | past · perfect · passive | | woman's strength | | | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **get up** | past | woman | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **go** | past | eyes *= eye* | | | the door | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to door=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **knock** | participle | eyes *= eye* *not said here* | | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **call** | participle | eyes *= eye* *not said here* | | | | | loudly *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **hear** | past | the guards | eyes *= eye* | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 8 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | power *not said here* | | the King | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=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 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/46/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/46/35/) - ↑ back to [The Three Snake-leaves](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/46/)