--- title: Having observed that the key of the closet was stained with blood, s… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: Having observed that the key of the closet was stained with blood, she tried two or three times to wipe it off, but the blood would not come off; in vain did she wash it, and even rub it with soap and sand, the blood still remained, for the key was a Fairy, and she could never make it quite clean; w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/) / [\_thomas Bodkin\_, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/) / 7 # The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, \_thomas Bodkin\_, part 2, sentence 7 Having observed that the key of the closet was stained with blood, she tried two or three times to wipe it off, but the blood would not come off; in vain did she wash it, and even rub it with soap and sand, the blood still remained, for the key was a Fairy, and she could never make it quite clean; when the blood was gone off from one side, it came again on the other. **Who acts:** unhappiness, blood, key · **What happens:** have, observe, stain, try, wipe off, not come off · **To what, where:** key, vain, blood, one side, other This is a sentence of «The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, \_thomas Bodkin\_, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (unhappiness, blood, key), 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:pg29021:8:7 # text = Having observed that the key of the closet was stained with blood, she tried two or three times to wipe it off, but the blood would not come off; in vain did she wash it, and even rub it with soap and sand, the blood still remained, for the key was a Fairy, and she could never make it quite clean; when the blood was gone off from one side, it came again on the other. 1 Having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 csubj _ _ 2 observed observe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 xcomp _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 key key NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 closet closet NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 stained stain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 17 or or CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 conj _ _ 19 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl:unmarked _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 wipe wipe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 off off ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 28 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 31 off off ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 obl _ _ 35 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 wash wash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 even even ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 rub rub VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 soap soap NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ _ 51 still still ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 52 remained remain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 50 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 54 for for ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 key key NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nsubj _ _ 57 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 cop _ _ 58 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 62 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 63 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 65 aux _ _ 64 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 65 advmod _ _ 65 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 66 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 obj _ _ 67 quite quite ADV RB _ 68 advmod _ _ 68 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 69 ; ; PUNCT : _ 74 punct _ _ 70 when when SCONJ WRB _ 74 mark _ _ 71 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 72 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 nsubj _ _ 73 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 74 aux:pass _ _ 74 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 parataxis _ _ 75 off off ADP RP _ 74 compound:prt _ _ 76 from from ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 77 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 78 nummod _ _ 78 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 79 , , PUNCT , _ 81 punct _ _ 80 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 81 nsubj _ _ 81 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 74 parataxis _ _ 82 again again ADV RB _ 81 advmod _ _ 83 on on ADP IN _ 85 case _ _ 84 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 85 det _ _ 85 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 81 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 86 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **observe** | participle | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **stain** | past · passive | | the key of the closet | | | | with blood | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with blood=Theme | | 4 | **try** | past | unhappiness | | | | time | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **wipe off** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | unhappiness *not said here* | key | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 6 | **not** **come off** | would | the blood | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **wash** | past · do-support | unhappiness | key | | vain | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 8 | **rub** | infinitive | unhappiness *not said here* | key | | | | with soap and sand and the blood | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination with soap=Theme | | 9 | **remain** | participle | | the blood *not said here* | | | still | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **is** | past | the key | | | | | for a Fairy | tree rules | | 11 | **not** **make** | could | unhappiness | key | | | | clean *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product | | 12 | **go off** | past · passive | | the blood | | one side | | | tree rules | | 13 | **come** | past | key | | | the other | again | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on other=Location | 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:** «The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, Project Gutenberg book 29021 (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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/8/) - ↑ back to [\_thomas Bodkin\_, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/)