--- title: But she only shook her ears, and ran off to the forest, where she fi… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But she only shook her ears, and ran off to the forest, where she first of all bathed, and then put on her coat of beaten gold, and off she went to the ball-room. Who acts: slut. 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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 (slut), 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:pg14241:31:102 # text = But she only shook her ears, and ran off to the forest, where she first of all bathed, and then put on her coat of beaten gold, and off she went to the ball-room. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 shook shake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 off off ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 15 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 20 advmod _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 17 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 20 advmod _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 17 obl _ _ 20 bathed bath VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ _ 24 put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 beaten beat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 amod _ _ 30 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 off off ADP IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 38 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shake** | past | slut | slut's ears | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent ear=Patient | | 2 | **run off** | past | slut *not said here* | | | | | to the forest *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to forest=Result | | 3 | **bath** | participle | slut | | | | | first *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **put** | infinitive | | | | slut's coat of beaten gold | then | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on coat=Destination | | 5 | **beat** | participle | | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **go** | past | slut | | | the ball room | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to room=Initial\_Location | 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 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/31/101/) - next →: [More English Fairy Tales, pa…, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/32/1/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/31/)