--- title: Rose-red hastened to unbar the door, and thought she saw a poor man… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Rose-red hastened to unbar the door, and thought she saw a poor man standing in the darkness outside; but it was no such thing, only a bear, who poked his thick black head through the door. Who acts: mother, poor man, door, bear. 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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 (mother, poor man, door, bear), 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:pg503:36:18 # text = Rose-red hastened to unbar the door, and thought she saw a poor man standing in the darkness outside; but it was no such thing, only a bear, who poked his thick black head through the door. 1 Rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 compound _ _ 4 hastened hasten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 unbar unbar VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 acl _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 darkness darkness NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 outside outside ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 26 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 28 det _ _ 27 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 only only ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 35 poked poke VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 37 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 38 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 40 through through ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hasten** | participle · passive | | Rose | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **unbar** | to-infinitive | | the door | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **see** | past | mother | a poor man | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus | | 5 | **stand** | gerund | a poor man *not said here* | | | the darkness | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in darkness=Location | | 6 | **is a** | past | door | no such thing | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **poke** | past | a bear | man's thick black head | | | | through the door | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.patient»: agent=Agent head=Instrument through door=Patient | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/36/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/36/19/) - ↑ back to [Snow-white and Rose-red](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/36/)