--- title: She had no sooner taken the spindle into her hand, than, whether bei… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: She had no sooner taken the spindle into her hand, than, whether being very hasty at it, somewhat unhandy, or that the decree of the Fairy had so ordained it, it ran into her hand, and she fell down in a swoon. Who acts: Princess, decree, Fairy. 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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 (Princess, decree, Fairy), 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:pg29021:8:94 # text = She had no sooner taken the spindle into her hand, than, whether being very hasty at it, somewhat unhandy, or that the decree of the Fairy had so ordained it, it ran into her hand, and she fell down in a swoon. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 5 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 xcomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 spindle spindle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 into into ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 than than SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 cop _ _ 16 very very ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 hasty hasty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 somewhat somewhat ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 unhandy unhandy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 24 or or CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 decree decree NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 so so ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 ordained ordain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 38 into into 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 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 45 down down ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 swoon swoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Princess | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | participle | Princess *not said here* | the spindle | | Princess's hand | | soon *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent spindle=Theme into hand=Destination | | 3 | **is** | gerund | Princess *not said here* | | | hand | | hasty *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | | Princess *not said here* | | | | | somewhat *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **ordain** | past · perfect · passive | | the decree of the Fairy | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme it=Attribute | | 6 | **run** | past | decree | | | | | into Princess's hand *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into hand=Result | | 7 | **fall down** | past | Princess | | | a swoon | | down *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in swoon=Location | | 8 | **decree** | | the Fairy | | | | | | nom decree «communication intransitive»: of=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:** «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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/95/) - ↑ back to [\_thomas Bodkin\_, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/)