--- title: Then a golden dress was put on her, and pearls were twined in her ha… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then a golden dress was put on her, and pearls were twined in her hair, and she took her seat in the emperor’s carriage which was drawn by six of the whitest horses in the world, and they carried her, without stopping to draw breath, to the gates of the palace. Who acts: woman, pearls. 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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 (woman, pearls), 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:pg2435:10:74 # text = Then a golden dress was put on her, and pearls were twined in her hair, and she took her seat in the emperor’s carriage which was drawn by six of the whitest horses in the world, and they carried her, without stopping to draw breath, to the gates of the palace. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 dress dress NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 pearls pearl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 twined twine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 seat seat NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ’s 's PART POS _ 25 case _ _ 27 carriage carriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 28 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl:relcl _ _ 31 by by ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 whitest white ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 36 amod _ _ 36 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 44 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 without without SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 47 stopping stop VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 43 advcl _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 draw draw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 xcomp _ _ 50 breath breath NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 to to ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | past · passive | | a golden dress | | | | on woman | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme on she=Destination | | 2 | **twine** | past · passive | | pearls | | woman's hair | | | vn coil-9.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **take** | past | woman | woman's seat | | the emperor's carriage | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent seat=Value in carriage=Location | | 4 | **draw** | past · passive | | the emperor's carriage | | | | by six of the whitest horses in the world | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **carry** | past | pearls *= pearl* | woman | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 6 | **stop** | gerund | pearls *= pearl* *not said here* | | | | | to the gates of the palace | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **draw** | to-infinitive | pearls *= pearl* *not said here* | breath | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breath=Theme | 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:** «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/10/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/10/75/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/10/)