--- title: Now it chanced one day that some blood fell on to the spindle, and a… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Now it chanced one day that some blood fell on to the spindle, and as the girl stopped over the well to wash it off, the spindle suddenly sprang out of her hand and fell into the well. Who acts: stepmother, blood, girl, spindle. 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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 (stepmother, blood, girl, spindle), 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:pg2591:22:4 # text = Now it chanced one day that some blood fell on to the spindle, and as the girl stopped over the well to wash it off, the spindle suddenly sprang out of her hand and fell into the well. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 chanced chance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 8 det _ _ 8 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 10 on on ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 spindle spindle NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 20 over over ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 wash wash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 off off ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 spindle spindle NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 30 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 32 out out ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 38 into into ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chance** | past | stepmother | | | | now; day | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **fall on** | past | some blood | | | | | to the spindle | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to spindle=Theme | | 3 | **stop** | past | the girl | | | the well | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 4 | **wash off** | to-infinitive | the girl *not said here* | stepmother | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 5 | **spring out** | past | the spindle | girl's hand | | | | suddenly *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location hand=Theme | | 6 | **fall** | past | the spindle *not said here* | | | | | into the well *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into well=Result | 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:** «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 2591 (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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/22/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/22/5/) - ↑ back to [Mother Holle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/22/)