--- title: Then she took her little lamp, and went into her cabin, and took off… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then she took her little lamp, and went into her cabin, and took off the fur skin, and washed the soot from off her face and hands, so that her beauty shone forth like the sun from behind the clouds. Who acts: queen, beauty. 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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 (queen, beauty), 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:pg2591:59:181 # text = Then she took her little lamp, and went into her cabin, and took off the fur skin, and washed the soot from off her face and hands, so that her beauty shone forth like the sun from behind the clouds. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 lamp lamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 into into ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 cabin cabin NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 off off ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 fur fur NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 washed wash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 soot soot NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 from from ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 off off ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 36 mark _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 fixed _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 shone shine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 37 forth forth ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 like like ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 from from ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 behind behind ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | queen | queen's little lamp | | | then | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamp=Theme | | 2 | **go** | past | queen *not said here* | | | queen's cabin | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into cabin=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **take off** | past | queen *not said here* | the fur skin | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Theme | | 4 | **wash** | past | queen *not said here* | the soot | | queen's face and hands | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent soot=Theme from face=Source | | 5 | **shine** | past | queen's beauty | | | the clouds | | like the sun; forth *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=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:** «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 180](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/59/180/) - next →: [sentence 182](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/59/182/) - ↑ back to [Iron Hans](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/59/)