--- title: Then he got hold of the fur and tore it off, and her golden hair and… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then he got hold of the fur and tore it off, and her golden hair and beautiful form were seen, and she could no longer hide herself: so she washed the soot and ashes from her face, and showed herself to be the most beautiful princess upon the face of the earth. Who acts: king, dance. 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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 (king, dance), 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:pg2591:59:218 # text = Then he got hold of the fur and tore it off, and her golden hair and beautiful form were seen, and she could no longer hide herself: so she washed the soot and ashes from her face, and showed herself to be the most beautiful princess upon the face of the earth. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 fur fur NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 tore tore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 off off ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 20 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 25 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 26 no no ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 28 advmod _ _ 28 hide hide VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 29 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 : : PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 31 so so ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 washed wash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 soot soot NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 ashes ash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 conj _ _ 38 from from ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 44 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 43 obj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 50 cop _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 48 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 49 advmod _ _ 49 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 ccomp _ _ 51 upon upon ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | king | hold of the fur | | | then | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hold=Stimulus | | 2 | **tore off** | past | king *not said here* | hold | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **see** | past · passive | | dance's golden hair and beautiful form | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 4 | **hide** | could | dance | dance | | | | long *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Patient | | 5 | **wash** | past | dance | the soot and ashes | | dance's face | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent soot=Theme from face=Source | | 6 | **show** | past | dance *not said here* | dance | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent herself=Recipient | | 7 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | the beautiful princess | | | | upon the face of the earth | tree rules | | 8 | **hold** | | | the fur | | | | | nom hold «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 217](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/59/217/) - next →: [sentence 219](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/59/219/) - ↑ back to [Iron Hans](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/59/)