--- title: The girl didn’t know what to do, and began to cry; then the door ope… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The girl didn’t know what to do, and began to cry; then the door opened as before, and the tiny little man appeared and said: “What’ll you give me if I spin the straw into gold for you?” Who acts: girl, door, tiny little man, 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 (girl, door, tiny little man, 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:pg503:13:206 # text = The girl didn’t know what to do, and began to cry; then the door opened as before, and the tiny little man appeared and said: “What’ll you give me if I spin the straw into gold for you?” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 cry cry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 15 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 19 as as ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 before before ADV RB _ 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 24 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 25 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 : : PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 31 “ " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ’ll 'll AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 ccomp _ _ 36 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 iobj _ _ 37 if if SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 spin spin VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 straw straw NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 into into ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | the girl | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 3 | **begin** | past | the girl *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **cry** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | the girl *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **open** | past | the door | | | | then | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **appear** | past | the tiny little man | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | the door *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **give** *in a quote* | present | you | | the door *= door* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient what=Theme | | 9 | **spin** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | the door *= door* | the straw | | gold | | for you | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.product PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent straw=Material into gold=Product for you=Beneficiary | 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 205](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/13/205/) - next →: [sentence 207](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/13/207/) - ↑ 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/)