--- title: I had successfully driven in the wedge, and all was going well, but… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I had successfully driven in the wedge, and all was going well, but the cursed wood was so slippery that it suddenly sprang out, and the tree closed up so rapidly that I had no time to take my beautiful white beard out, so here I am stuck fast, and I can’t get away; and you silly, smooth-faced, milk --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/36/47/) [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/) / [Snow-white and Rose-red](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/36/) / 47 # The Blue Fairy Book, Snow-white and Rose-red, sentence 47 I had successfully driven in the wedge, and all was going well, but the cursed wood was so slippery that it suddenly sprang out, and the tree closed up so rapidly that I had no time to take my beautiful white beard out, so here I am stuck fast, and I can’t get away; and you silly, smooth-faced, milk-and-water girls just stand and laugh! **Who acts:** I, cursed wood, wedge, tree, milk · **What happens:** drive, go, curse, be, spring out, close up · **To what, where:** wedge, beautiful white beard This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Snow-white and Rose-red. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, cursed wood, wedge, tree), 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:pg503:36:47 # text = I had successfully driven in the wedge, and all was going well, but the cursed wood was so slippery that it suddenly sprang out, and the tree closed up so rapidly that I had no time to take my beautiful white beard out, so here I am stuck fast, and I can’t get away; and you silly, smooth-faced, milk-and-water girls just stand and laugh! 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 successfully successfully ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 driven drive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 wedge wedge NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 12 advmod _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 13 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 cursed curse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 amod _ _ 18 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 slippery slippery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 26 out out ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 closed close VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 parataxis _ _ 32 up up ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 rapidly rapidly ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 38 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 39 det _ _ 39 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 acl _ _ 42 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 43 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 44 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 beard beard NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 46 out out ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 so so ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 31 advmod _ _ 50 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 52 stuck stuck ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 obl _ _ 53 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 52 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 56 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 57 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 58 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 59 advmod _ _ 59 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 60 away away ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ; ; PUNCT : _ 64 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 63 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 64 silly silly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 66 smooth smooth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 67 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 faced faced ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 77 punct _ _ 70 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 77 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 72 and and CCONJ CC _ 77 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 73 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 72 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 74 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 compound _ _ 75 girls girl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 77 nsubj _ _ 76 just just ADV RB _ 77 advmod _ _ 77 stand stand VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 64 advcl _ _ 78 and and CCONJ CC _ 79 cc _ _ 79 laugh laugh VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 77 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 80 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drive** | past · perfect | I | | | the wedge | | successfully *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **go** | past · progressive | I *not said here* | | | | | well *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **curse** | participle | | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | the cursed wood | | | | | slippery *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **spring out** | past | wedge | | | | | suddenly *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **close up** | participle | the tree | | | here | | rapidly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **have** | past | I | | | | time | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **take out** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | my beautiful white beard | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beard=Theme | | 9 | **is** | present | I | | | | | fast, stuck *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **not** **get away** | can | I | | | | | away *property* | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **stand** | present | milk | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **laugh** | present | milk *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/36/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/36/48/) - ↑ back to [Snow-white and Rose-red](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/36/)