--- title: She looked about her, and ran hither and thither gathering fruit and… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She looked about her, and ran hither and thither gathering fruit and flowers, and her little dog Frisk, who was bright green all over, and had but one ear, danced before her, crying ‘Bow-wow-wow,’ and turning head over heels in the most enchanting way. Who acts: word, little dog. 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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 (word, little dog), 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:pg540:11:51 # text = She looked about her, and ran hither and thither gathering fruit and flowers, and her little dog Frisk, who was bright green all over, and had but one ear, danced before her, crying ‘Bow-wow-wow,’ and turning head over heels in the most enchanting way. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 about about ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 8 hither hither ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 thither thither ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 gathering gather VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 12 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 18 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 20 Frisk Frisk PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 24 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 26 all all ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 over over ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 33 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 danced dance VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 conj _ _ 36 before before ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 advcl _ _ 40 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 Bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 wow wow INTJ UH _ 45 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 wow wow INTJ UH _ 39 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 conj _ _ 50 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 51 over over ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 heels heel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obl _ _ 53 in in ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 55 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 56 advmod _ _ 56 enchanting enchant VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 57 amod _ _ 57 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | word | | | | | about Rosette | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent about she=Theme | | 2 | **run** | past | | | | | | hither *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **gather** | gerund | | fruit and flowers | | | | thither *property* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | word's little dog | | | | | green, over *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **have** | past | | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **dance** | participle · passive | | one ear | | | before word | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **turn** | gerund | | head | | heels | | in the enchanting way | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.agent V NP.theme PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme over heel=Source in way=Trajectory | | 9 | **enchant** | gerund | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | 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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/52/) - ↑ back to [Princess Rosette](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/)