--- title: Then Shasasa took the Magic Mirror and hid it beneath her pillow, an… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then Shasasa took the Magic Mirror and hid it beneath her pillow, and after that for many years Gopani-Kufa ruled his people both well and wisely, so that all men loved him, and never once did he need to ask Sipao to grant him a wish. Who acts: Shasasa, Gopani, men. 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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 (Shasasa, Gopani, men), 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:pg3027:2:107 # text = Then Shasasa took the Magic Mirror and hid it beneath her pillow, and after that for many years Gopani-Kufa ruled his people both well and wisely, so that all men loved him, and never once did he need to ask Sipao to grant him a wish. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 Shasasa Shasasa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 Magic Magic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 Mirror Mirror PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 beneath beneath 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 pillow pillow NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 15 after after ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 obl _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 20 Gopani Gopani PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 Kufa Kufa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 flat _ _ 23 ruled rule VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 26 both both ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 23 advmod _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 wisely wisely ADV RB _ 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 so so ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 34 det _ _ 34 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 35 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 39 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 40 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 43 advmod _ _ 41 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 need need VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 46 Sipao Sipao PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 grant grant VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ _ 49 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | Shasasa | | the Magic Mirror | | then | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument mirror=Destination | | 2 | **hide** | past | Shasasa *not said here* | Mirror | | Shasasa's pillow | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Patient beneath pillow=Location | | 3 | **rule** | past | Gopani | Gopani's people | | | after that; year | well *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent people=Result | | 4 | **love** | past | all men | Gopani | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 5 | **need** | past · do-support | Gopani | | | | | once *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Gopani *not said here* | | Sipao | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent sipao=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **grant** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Gopani *not said here* | a wish | Gopani | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal wish=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 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/2/106/) - next →: [sentence 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/2/108/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/2/)