--- title: She was so terrified that she fell upon her knees before him and con… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She was so terrified that she fell upon her knees before him and confessed that her two children had come in just before he arrived, and had so teased her for some of the dish she was preparing that she had presently given the head to one and the heart to the other, since these morsels are not gener --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/9/53/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Green Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/) / [Sylvain and Jocosa](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/9/) / 53 # The Green Fairy Book, Sylvain and Jocosa, sentence 53 She was so terrified that she fell upon her knees before him and confessed that her two children had come in just before he arrived, and had so teased her for some of the dish she was preparing that she had presently given the head to one and the heart to the other, since these morsels are not generally much esteemed; and Badi-al-Zaman rushed from the cottage vowing vengeance against the whole family. **Who acts:** wife, two children, Fowler, Badi · **What happens:** be, fall, confess, come, arrive, tease · **To what, where:** knees, wife, dish, head, one, morsels This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Sylvain and Jocosa. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wife, two children, Fowler, Badi), 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:pg7277:9:53 # text = She was so terrified that she fell upon her knees before him and confessed that her two children had come in just before he arrived, and had so teased her for some of the dish she was preparing that she had presently given the head to one and the heart to the other, since these morsels are not generally much esteemed; and Badi-al-Zaman rushed from the cottage vowing vengeance against the whole family. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 terrified terrified ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 8 upon upon ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 knees knee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 11 before before ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 confessed confess VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 16 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 17 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 ccomp _ _ 21 in in SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 just just ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 23 before before SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 teased tease VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 31 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 30 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 dish dish NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 preparing prepare VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 acl:relcl _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 presently presently ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 39 advcl _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 44 obl _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 conj _ _ 52 to to ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 56 since since SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 57 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 58 det _ _ 58 morsels morsel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 63 nsubj:pass _ _ 59 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 63 aux:pass _ _ 60 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 63 advmod _ _ 61 generally generally ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 62 much much ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ _ 63 esteemed esteem VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ; ; PUNCT : _ 71 punct _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 66 Badi Badi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 71 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 68 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 al Al PROPN NNP Number=Sing 66 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 69 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 70 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 Zaman Zaman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 68 flat _ _ 71 rushed rush VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 72 from from ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 cottage cottage NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obl _ _ 75 vowing vow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 71 advcl _ _ 76 vengeance vengeance NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 obj _ _ 77 against against ADP IN _ 80 case _ _ 78 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 80 det _ _ 79 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 80 amod _ _ 80 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 81 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | wife | | | | | terrified *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **fall** | past | wife | | | wife's knees | before Fowler | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon knee=Location | | 3 | **confess** | past | wife *not said here* | | | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **come** | past · perfect | wife's two children | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **arrive** | past | Fowler | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **tease** | past · perfect | wife *not said here* | wife | | | | for some | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 7 | **prepare** | past · progressive | wife | the dish *not said here* | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dish=Patient | | 8 | **give** | past · perfect | wife | the head | one and the heart to the other | | | presently *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent head=Theme to one=Recipient | | 9 | **not** **esteem** | present · passive | | this morsels | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 10 | **rush** | past | Badi | | | the cottage | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from cottage=Trajectory | | 11 | **vow** | gerund | Badi *not said here* | vengeance | | | | against the whole family | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/9/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/9/54/) - ↑ back to [Sylvain and Jocosa](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/9/)