--- title: When they have grown as tall as a girl of fifteen, say to each of th… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When they have grown as tall as a girl of fifteen, say to each of them, ‘’My beautiful laurel, with the golden rake I have raked you, with the golden bucket I have watered you, with the silken towel I have wiped you. Who acts: laurel, you, beautiful laurel, I. 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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 (laurel, you, beautiful laurel, I), 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:pg540:2:44 # text = When they have grown as tall as a girl of fifteen, say to each of them, ‘’My beautiful laurel, with the golden rake I have raked you, with the golden bucket I have watered you, with the silken towel I have wiped you. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 5 as as ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 fifteen fifteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 13 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 13 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 19 ‘’ ‘' PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 21 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 laurel laurel NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 rake rake NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 raked rake VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 acl _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 bucket bucket NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 watered water VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 acl:relcl _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 silken silken ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 towel towel NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 46 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 wiped wipe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 45 acl:relcl _ _ 49 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | present · perfect | laurel | | | | | as a girl of fifteen; tall *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | each | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent each=Topic | | 3 | **rake** | present · perfect | My beautiful laurel and the golden rake | you | | | | with the golden bucket; with the silken towel | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent you=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **water** | present · perfect | I | the golden bucket *not said here* | you | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Destination | | 5 | **wipe** | present · perfect | I | you | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent you=Source | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/2/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/2/45/) - ↑ back to [The Twelve Dancing Princesses](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/2/)