--- title: Touching the copper pin which fastened her dress, the girl sent ever… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Touching the copper pin which fastened her dress, the girl sent every one in the hall to count the cabbages, while she herself passed through the little door, not knowing whither she was going. Who acts: girl, copper pin. 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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, copper pin), 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:pg3454:33:17 # text = Touching the copper pin which fastened her dress, the girl sent every one in the hall to count the cabbages, while she herself passed through the little door, not knowing whither she was going. 1 Touching touch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 copper copper NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 pin pin NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 fastened fasten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 dress dress NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 14 det _ _ 14 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 count count VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 cabbages cabbage NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 while while SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 24 conj _ _ 26 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 27 through through ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 33 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 34 whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Int 37 advmod _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **touch** | gerund | the girl *not said here* | the copper pin | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme pin=Co-Theme | | 2 | **fasten** | past | the copper pin | door's dress | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dress=Patient | | 3 | **send** | past | the girl | every one | | the hall | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent one=Theme in hall=Destination | | 4 | **count** | to-infinitive | the girl *not said here* | the cabbages | | | | | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cabbage=Theme | | 5 | **pass** | past | girl | | | the little door | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through door=Location | | 6 | **not** **know** | gerund | girl *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **go** | past · progressive | girl | | | | | whither *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/33/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/33/18/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/33/)