--- title: By-and-by she sent for her again, and gave her maid the black and wh… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: By-and-by she sent for her again, and gave her maid the black and white yarn to wash in the river; but there was no one to tell her the secret by which the black would turn white, and the white black; so she brought them back as they were. Who acts: girl, cows. 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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 (girl, cows), 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:pg3027:11:47 # text = By-and-by she sent for her again, and gave her maid the black and white yarn to wash in the river; but there was no one to tell her the secret by which the black would turn white, and the white black; so she brought them back as they were. 1 By by ADP IN _ 2 case _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 by by SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 csubj _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ 10 again again ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 14 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 maid mai VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 17 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 conj _ _ 20 yarn yarn NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 wash wash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 29 expl _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 31 det _ _ 31 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 acl _ _ 34 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 iobj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 37 by by ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 ccomp _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det:predet _ _ 40 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 41 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 turn turn VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 39 parataxis _ _ 43 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ; ; PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 so so ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 51 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 53 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 back back ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 55 as as SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 56 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 57 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | girl | | | | again | for woman | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **give** | past | girl *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **mai** | past | girl | the black yarn | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **wash** | to-infinitive | girl *not said here* | | | the river | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** | past | | no one | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | | the secret | girl | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient secret=Topic | | 7 | **turn** | would | | | | | | white *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **bring back** | past | girl | cows *= cow* | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 9 | **be** | past | cows *= cow* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «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:** «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/11/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/11/48/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/11/)