--- title: As she was hastily creeping into the hedge and was just going to plu… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: As she was hastily creeping into the hedge and was just going to pluck the flower, knowing perfectly well who the flower was, he began to play, and whether she would or not, she was forced to dance, for it was a magical dance. Who acts: duck, flower, sweetheart. 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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 (duck, flower, sweetheart), 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:pg2591:30:35 # text = As she was hastily creeping into the hedge and was just going to pluck the flower, knowing perfectly well who the flower was, he began to play, and whether she would or not, she was forced to dance, for it was a magical dance. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 hastily hastily ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 creeping creep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 hedge hedge NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 just just ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 pluck pluck VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 19 perfectly perfectly ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 21 advmod _ _ 21 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 obl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 32 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 35 or or CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 parataxis _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 dance dance VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 magical magical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 dance dance NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **creep** | past · progressive | duck | | | the hedge | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into hedge=Destination | | 2 | **go** | past · progressive | duck *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **pluck** | to-infinitive | duck *not said here* | the flower | | | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Patient | | 4 | **know** | gerund | duck *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is a** | past | the flower | | | | | well *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **begin** | past | sweetheart | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **play** | to-infinitive | sweetheart *not said here* | | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **force** | would · passive | | duck | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 9 | **dance** | to-infinitive | duck *not said here* | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **is** | past | flower | | | | | for a magical dance | tree rules | 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/36/) - ↑ back to [Sweetheart Roland](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/)