--- title: When the girl was brought to him he led her into a room full of stra… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the girl was brought to him he led her into a room full of straw, gave her a spinning-wheel and spindle, and said: “Now set to work and spin all night till early dawn, and if by that time you haven’t spun the straw into gold you shall die.” Who acts: miller, you. 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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 (miller, you), 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:pg503:13:194 # text = When the girl was brought to him he led her into a room full of straw, gave her a spinning-wheel and spindle, and said: “Now set to work and spin all night till early dawn, and if by that time you haven’t spun the straw into gold you shall die.” 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 advcl _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 into into ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 straw straw NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 iobj _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 21 spinning spinning NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 wheel wheel NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 spindle spindle NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 : : PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 30 “ " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 32 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 ccomp _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 spin spin VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 37 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 38 det _ _ 38 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl:unmarked _ _ 39 till till ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 early early ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 44 if if SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 45 by by ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 47 det _ _ 47 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 48 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj:pass _ _ 49 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 50 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 51 advmod _ _ 51 spun spin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 parataxis _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 straw straw NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 54 into into ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 56 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 57 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ” " PUNCT '' _ 51 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past · passive | | the girl | miller | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to he=Destination | | 2 | **lead** | past | miller | girl | | a room | | | tree rules | | 3 | **give** | past | | a spinning wheel and spindle | girl | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient wheel=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **set** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | now | | tree rules | | 6 | **work** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **spin** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | dawn; night | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **not** **spin** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | you | | gold | time | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP ADJ.result»: subject=Theme straw=Result | | 9 | **die** *in a quote* | shall | you | gold *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | 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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 193](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/13/193/) - next →: [sentence 195](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/13/195/) - ↑ back to [The Tale of a Youth Who Set Out to Learn What Fear Was](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/13/)