--- title: Having everything now prepared, she sent round to the neighbours and… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Having everything now prepared, she sent round to the neighbours and borrowed one-and-twenty iron griddles, which she took and kneaded into the hearts of one-and-twenty cakes of bread, and these she baked on the fire in the usual way, setting them aside in the cupboard according as they were done. 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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 (Having, wife, twenty iron griddles), 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:pg7885:22:56 # text = Having everything now prepared, she sent round to the neighbours and borrowed one-and-twenty iron griddles, which she took and kneaded into the hearts of one-and-twenty cakes of bread, and these she baked on the fire in the usual way, setting them aside in the cupboard according as they were done. 1 Having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 csubj _ _ 2 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 1 obj _ _ 3 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 1 advmod _ _ 4 prepared prepare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 round round ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 neighbours neighbour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 borrowed borrow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 14 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ _ 19 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 griddles griddle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 kneaded knead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 27 into into ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 hearts heart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 nummod _ _ 36 cakes cake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 baked bake VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 conj _ _ 44 on on ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 usual usual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 52 setting set VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 43 conj _ _ 53 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 aside aside ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 55 in in ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 57 cupboard cupboard NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 compound _ _ 58 according according NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 59 as as SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 60 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 61 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 aux:pass _ _ 62 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 52 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | gerund | | everything | | | now | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Patient | | 2 | **prepare** | past | Having | | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **send** | past | wife | | | the neighbours | | round *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to neighbour=Destination | | 4 | **borrow** | past | Having *not said here* | one | | | | twenty iron griddles *obl* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | | 5 | **take** | past | twenty iron griddles | | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **knead** | past | twenty iron griddles *not said here* | | | the hearts of one twenty cakes of bread | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material into heart=Product | | 7 | **bake** | participle · passive | | these | | | | on the fire in the usual way | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient on fire=Instrument | | 8 | **set** | gerund | | cakes *= cake* | | the cupboard according | | aside *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in according=Destination | | 9 | **do** | past · passive | | cakes *= cake* | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | 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:** «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7885 (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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/57/) - ↑ back to [A Legend of Knockmany](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/)