--- title: And though she couldn't get loose, she twisted and turned, till her… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And though she couldn't get loose, she twisted and turned, till her black hood fell back off her shining yellow hair, and the beautiful light that came from it drove away the darkness. Who acts: light, black hood, beautiful light. 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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 (light, black hood, beautiful light), 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:pg14241:24:70 # text = And though she couldn't get loose, she twisted and turned, till her black hood fell back off her shining yellow hair, and the beautiful light that came from it drove away the darkness. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 2 though though SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 7 loose loose ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 twisted twist VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 till till SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 hood hood NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 19 back back ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 off off ADP IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 shining shine VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 23 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 30 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 31 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 32 from from ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ _ 34 drove drive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 35 away away ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 darkness darkness NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **get** | could | light | | | | | loose *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **twist** | past | light | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **turn** | past | light *not said here* | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **fall back** | past | light's black hood | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **shine** | gerund | light's black hood *not said here* | yellow hair | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hair=Theme | | 6 | **come** | past | the beautiful light | | | hood | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from it=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **drive away** | past | the beautiful light | the darkness | | | | away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme darkness=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:** «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/24/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/24/71/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/24/)