--- title: When she came to the surface screaming and struggling, the vengeful… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When she came to the surface screaming and struggling, the vengeful cat seized her again and rolled her in the ash-heap on the floor; then when she rose, dirty, blinded, and disgusting to behold, he thrust her from the door, saying: “Begone, and when you meet a braying ass be careful to turn your he --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/36/69/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/36/) / 69 # The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 36, sentence 69 When she came to the surface screaming and struggling, the vengeful cat seized her again and rolled her in the ash-heap on the floor; then when she rose, dirty, blinded, and disgusting to behold, he thrust her from the door, saying: “Begone, and when you meet a braying ass be careful to turn your head towards it.” **Who acts:** Lizina, vengeful cat, father, you · **What happens:** come, scream, struggle, seize, roll, rise · **To what, where:** surface, Lizina, ash heap, dirty, door, Begone · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 36. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Lizina, vengeful cat, father, you), 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:pg2435:36:69 # text = When she came to the surface screaming and struggling, the vengeful cat seized her again and rolled her in the ash-heap on the floor; then when she rose, dirty, blinded, and disgusting to behold, he thrust her from the door, saying: “Begone, and when you meet a braying ass be careful to turn your head towards it.” 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 surface surface NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 screaming scream VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 struggling struggle VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 vengeful vengeful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 again again ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 rolled roll VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 22 ash ash NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 heap heap NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 29 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 30 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 advmod _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 dirty dirty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 blinded blind VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 disgusting disgusting ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 parataxis _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 behold behold INTJ UH _ 39 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 thrust thrust VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 45 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 from from ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 50 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 44 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 : : PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 52 “ " PUNCT `` _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 Begone Begone PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 56 when when SCONJ WRB _ 58 mark _ _ 57 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 58 meet meet VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 63 advcl _ _ 59 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 60 braying bray VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 61 amod _ _ 61 ass ass NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obj _ _ 62 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 63 cop _ _ 63 careful careful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ _ 64 to to PART TO _ 65 mark _ _ 65 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 63 xcomp _ _ 66 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 67 nmod:poss _ _ 67 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obj _ _ 68 towards towards ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 71 ” " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Lizina | | | the surface | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to surface=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **scream** *speech: express* | gerund | Lizina *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **struggle** | gerund | Lizina *not said here* | | | | | | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **seize** | past | the vengeful cat | Lizina | | | again | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 5 | **roll** | past | the vengeful cat *not said here* | Lizina | | the ash heap on the floor | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent she=Theme in heap=Trajectory | | 6 | **rise** | past | Lizina | dirty | | | then | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location dirty=Theme | | 7 | **blind** | participle | Lizina *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **thrust** | past | father | Lizina | | the door | | | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent she=Theme from door=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | father *not said here* | Begone | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent begone=Topic | | 10 | **meet** *in a quote* | present | you | a braying ass | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ass=Co-Agent | | 11 | **bray** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | the vengeful cat *not said here* | | | | | careful *property* | tree rules | | 13 | **turn** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the vengeful cat *not said here* | your head | | head | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent head=Theme towards it=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:** «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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/36/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/36/70/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/36/)