--- title: Having done all this, she sat down quite contented, waiting for his… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Having done all this, she sat down quite contented, waiting for his arrival on the next day about two o'clock, that being the hour at which he was expected--for Fin knew as much by the sucking of his thumb. Who acts: wife, Fin, rabbit. 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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 (wife, Fin, rabbit), 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:pg7885:22:58 # text = Having done all this, she sat down quite contented, waiting for his arrival on the next day about two o'clock, that being the hour at which he was expected--for Fin knew as much by the sucking of his thumb. 1 Having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 2 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 xcomp _ _ 3 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 4 det:predet _ _ 4 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 down down ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 quite quite ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 contented content VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 arrival arrival NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 20 about about ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 21 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 22 o'clock o'clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 cop _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 obl _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 expected expect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 -- -- PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 for for SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 Fin Fin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 37 as as ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 much much ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 39 by by SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 sucking suck VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 thumb thumb NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | gerund | wife *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | participle | wife *not said here* | this | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality | | 3 | **sit down** | past | wife | | | | | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **content** | participle | wife *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **wait** | gerund | wife *not said here* | | | | day | for rabbit's arrival | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is a** | gerund | | the hour | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **expect** | past · passive | | o'clock | | | at the hour | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 8 | **know** | past | Fin | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **suck** | gerund | Fin *not said here* | | | | | of o'clock's thumb | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent of thumb=Source | | 10 | **arrive** | | rabbit | | | | | | nom arrival «act intransitive»: poss=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:** «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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/59/) - ↑ back to [A Legend of Knockmany](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/)