--- title: Then the lady said that to kill the dreadful woman with the golden w… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the lady said that to kill the dreadful woman with the golden wings and the brass claws, and to cut off her head, he needed three things: first, a Cap of Darkness, which would make him invisible when he wore it; next, a Sword of Sharpness, which would cleave iron at one blow; and last, the Shoe --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/27/36/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [The Terrible Head](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/27/) / 36 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Terrible Head, sentence 36 Then the lady said that to kill the dreadful woman with the golden wings and the brass claws, and to cut off her head, he needed three things: first, a Cap of Darkness, which would make him invisible when he wore it; next, a Sword of Sharpness, which would cleave iron at one blow; and last, the Shoes of Swiftness, with which he might fly in the air. **Who acts:** lady, boy, Cap, Sword · **What happens:** say, kill, cut off, need, make, wear · **To what, where:** dreadful woman, head, three things, boy, iron, one blow · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Terrible Head. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (lady, boy, Cap, Sword), 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:pg503:27:36 # text = Then the lady said that to kill the dreadful woman with the golden wings and the brass claws, and to cut off her head, he needed three things: first, a Cap of Darkness, which would make him invisible when he wore it; next, a Sword of Sharpness, which would cleave iron at one blow; and last, the Shoes of Swiftness, with which he might fly in the air. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 dreadful dreadful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 brass brass NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 claws claw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 cut cut VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 23 off off ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 needed need VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 29 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 30 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 : : PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 32 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 Cap cap NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 Darkness Darkness PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 40 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 invisible invisible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 xcomp _ _ 44 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 46 advmod _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 wore wear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ; ; PUNCT : _ 58 punct _ _ 49 next next ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 Sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 Sharpness Sharpness PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 56 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 58 nsubj _ _ 57 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 cleave cleave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 59 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obj _ _ 60 at at ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 62 nummod _ _ 62 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ; ; PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 65 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 Shoes Shoe PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 65 appos _ _ 69 of of ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 70 Swiftness Swiftness PROPN NNP Number=Sing 68 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 76 punct _ _ 72 with with ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 73 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 76 obl _ _ 74 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 76 nsubj _ _ 75 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 76 aux _ _ 76 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 77 in in ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 78 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 79 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 80 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the lady | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **kill** | to-infinitive | | the dreadful woman | | | | with the golden wings and the brass claws | vn murder-42.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent woman=Patient with wing=Instrument | | 3 | **cut off** | to-infinitive | | mother's head | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector head=Eventuality | | 4 | **need** | past | boy | three things | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot thing=Theme | | 5 | **make** | would | a Cap of Darkness | boy | | | | invisible *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material he=Product | | 6 | **wear** | past | boy | Head | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 7 | **cleave** | would | a Sword of Sharpness | iron | | one blow | | next *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent iron=Patient | | 8 | **fly** | might | boy | | | the air | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent in air=Location | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/27/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/27/37/) - ↑ back to [The Terrible Head](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/27/)