--- title: She tried to force him, but he refused, and ran out into the garden,… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: She tried to force him, but he refused, and ran out into the garden, and took up his little sister, and put her in a box, and buried the box under a rose-tree; and every day he went to the tree and wept, till his tears ran down on the box. Who acts: same, husband, tears. 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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 (same, husband, tears), 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:pg7439:8:30 # text = She tried to force him, but he refused, and ran out into the garden, and took up his little sister, and put her in a box, and buried the box under a rose-tree; and every day he went to the tree and wept, till his tears ran down on the box. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 force force VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 13 out out ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 into into ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 20 up up ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 22 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 27 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 buried bury VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 under under ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 38 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 43 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 44 det _ _ 44 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl:unmarked _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 53 till till SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 54 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 nsubj _ _ 56 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 conj _ _ 57 down down ADP RP _ 56 compound:prt _ _ 58 on on ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | past | same | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **force** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | same *not said here* | | husband | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 3 | **refuse** | past | husband | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **run out** | past | | | | | | into the garden *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into garden=Result | | 5 | **take up** | past | | | husband's little sister | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument sister=Destination | | 6 | **put** | past | | same | | a box | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme in box=Destination | | 7 | **bury** | past | | the box | | a rose tree | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent box=Theme under tree=Destination | | 8 | **go** | past | husband | | | the tree | day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to tree=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **weep** | past | husband *not said here* | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **run down** | past | husband's tears | | | the box | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on box=Trajectory | 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:** «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7439 (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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/8/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/8/31/) - ↑ back to [The Rose-tree](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/8/)