--- title: The girl wept bitterly; then she went to the birch tree, washed hers… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The girl wept bitterly; then she went to the birch tree, washed herself on one side of it and dried herself on the other; and this time still finer clothes were given to her, and a very beautiful steed. Who acts: girl. 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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 (girl), 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:pg540:14:66 # text = The girl wept bitterly; then she went to the birch tree, washed herself on one side of it and dried herself on the other; and this time still finer clothes were given to her, and a very beautiful steed. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 bitterly bitterly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ; ; PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 6 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 birch birch NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 washed wash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 15 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 14 obj _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nmod _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 dried dry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 23 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 22 obj _ _ 24 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 29 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 det _ _ 30 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 still still ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 finer fine ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 33 amod _ _ 33 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 30 conj _ _ 34 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 36 to to 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 , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 41 very very ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 steed steed NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **weep** | past | the girl | | | | | bitterly *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **go** | past | girl | | | the birch tree | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to tree=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **wash** | past | girl *not said here* | girl | | one side of side | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Patient | | 4 | **dry** | past | girl *not said here* | girl | | the other | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient herself=Result | | 5 | **give** | past · passive | | this time and finer clothes | girl | | | a beautiful steed *obl* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to she=Recipient | 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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/14/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/14/67/) - ↑ back to [The Wonderful Birch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/14/)