--- title: As soon as she returned from her drive she trotted off to the forest… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as she returned from her drive she trotted off to the forest to consult a fairy who dwelt there, and very soon after the queen had a little girl, who seemed made out of snow and sunbeams. Who acts: Cat, fairy, queen, little girl. 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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 (Cat, fairy, queen, little girl), 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:pg3282:27:108 # text = As soon as she returned from her drive she trotted off to the forest to consult a fairy who dwelt there, and very soon after the queen had a little girl, who seemed made out of snow and sunbeams. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 drive drive NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 trotted trot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 off off ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 consult consult VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 20 dwelt dwell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 21 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 24 very very ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 29 advmod _ _ 26 after after ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 35 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 36 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 xcomp _ _ 37 out out ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 sunbeams sunbeam NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | past | Cat | | | Cat's drive | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from drive=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **trot off** | past | Cat | | | the forest | | soon *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to forest=Destination | | 3 | **consult** | to-infinitive | Cat *not said here* | a fairy | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fairy=Theme | | 4 | **dwell** | past | a fairy | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **have** | past | the queen | a little girl | | | | soon *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Patient | | 6 | **seem** | past | a little girl | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 7 | **make out** | participle | a little girl *not said here* | snow and sunbeams | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer snow=Stimulus | | 8 | **drive** | | Cat | | | | | | nom drive «act transitive»: poss=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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/27/107/) - next →: [sentence 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/27/109/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/27/)