--- title: Indeed, as she spoke she fell down insensible, and when she recovere… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Indeed, as she spoke she fell down insensible, and when she recovered she found herself in her own little bed at home; how she got there she could not tell, but she was dressed in the most beautiful lace and ribbons, and on her finger was a little ring, made of a single red hair, which fitted so tig --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/104/) [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 Yellow Dwarf, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/) / 104 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 1, sentence 104 Indeed, as she spoke she fell down insensible, and when she recovered she found herself in her own little bed at home; how she got there she could not tell, but she was dressed in the most beautiful lace and ribbons, and on her finger was a little ring, made of a single red hair, which fitted so tightly that, try as she might, she could not get it off. **Who acts:** mother, single red hair · **What happens:** speak, fall down, recover, find, get, not tell · **To what, where:** mother, own little bed, beautiful lace, little ring, finger, hair · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Yellow Dwarf, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (mother, single red hair), 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:pg503:5:104 # text = Indeed, as she spoke she fell down insensible, and when she recovered she found herself in her own little bed at home; how she got there she could not tell, but she was dressed in the most beautiful lace and ribbons, and on her finger was a little ring, made of a single red hair, which fitted so tightly that, try as she might, she could not get it off. 1 Indeed indeed ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 8 down down ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 insensible insensible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 recovered recover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 17 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 16 obj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 20 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 21 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 29 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 28 advmod _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 33 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 41 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 42 advmod _ _ 42 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 lace lace NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 ribbons ribbon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 48 on on ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 51 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 cop _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 56 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 54 acl _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 58 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 59 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 60 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 63 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 64 nsubj _ _ 64 fitted fit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 parataxis _ _ 65 so so ADV RB _ 66 advmod _ _ 66 tightly tightly ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 67 that that SCONJ IN _ 69 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 69 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 64 advcl _ _ 70 as as SCONJ IN _ 72 mark _ _ 71 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 72 nsubj _ _ 72 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 77 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 73 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 74 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 77 nsubj _ _ 75 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 77 aux _ _ 76 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 77 advmod _ _ 77 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 69 conj _ _ 78 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 77 obj _ _ 79 off off ADP RP _ 77 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 80 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | mother | | | | | indeed *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **fall down** | past | mother | | | | | down, insensible *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **recover** | past | mother | | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **find** | past | mother | mother | | mother's own little bed at home | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Topic | | 5 | **get** | past | mother | | | there | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | could | mother | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **dress** | past · passive | | mother | | the beautiful lace and ribbons | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 8 | **is a** | past | | a little ring | | mother's finger | | | tree rules | | 9 | **make** | participle | | a little ring *not said here* | | | | of a single red hair | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 10 | **fit** | past | a single red hair | | | | | tightly *property* | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **try** | infinitive | a single red hair *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 12 | **not** **get off** | could | mother | hair | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | 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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/105/) - ↑ back to [The Yellow Dwarf, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/)