--- title: Then poor Lily was led away, and forced to give up the golden dress;… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then poor Lily was led away, and forced to give up the golden dress; and when she saw that there was no help for her, she went out into a meadow, and sat herself down and wept. Who acts: Lily, help. 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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 (Lily, help), 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:pg2591:44:64 # text = Then poor Lily was led away, and forced to give up the golden dress; and when she saw that there was no help for her, she went out into a meadow, and sat herself down and wept. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Lily Lily PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 led lead VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 up up ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 dress dress NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 23 expl _ _ 23 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 ccomp _ _ 24 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 25 det _ _ 25 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 31 out out ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 into into ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 meadow meadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 38 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 37 obj _ _ 39 down down ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lead away** | past · passive | | poor Lily | | | | away *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **force** | participle | | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **give up** | to-infinitive | | the golden dress | | | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dress=Source | | 4 | **see** | past | Lily | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **be** | past | no help for Lily | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **go out** | past | help | | | a meadow | | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **sit down** | past | | help | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **weep** | past | | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/65/) - ↑ back to [Lily and the Lion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/)