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title: Then he just stroked the skein with his wand, and all the broken thr… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: Then he just stroked the skein with his wand, and all the broken threads joined themselves together, and the whole skein wound itself smoothly off in the most surprising manner, and the Prince, turning to Graciosa, asked if there was nothing else that she wished him to do for her, and if the time wo
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# The Red Fairy Book, Graciosa and Percinet, part 2, sentence 77

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Then he just stroked the skein with his wand, and all the broken threads joined themselves together, and the whole skein wound itself smoothly off in the most surprising manner, and the Prince, turning to Graciosa, asked if there was nothing else that she wished him to do for her, and if the time would never come when she would wish for him for his own sake.

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**Who acts:** Prince, broken threads, nothing, Graciosa, time · **What happens:** stroke, break, join, turn, ask, be · **To what, where:** skein, keys, Graciosa, Prince

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This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Graciosa and Percinet, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Prince, broken threads, nothing, Graciosa), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg540:24:77
# text = Then he just stroked the skein with his wand, and all the broken threads joined themselves together, and the whole skein wound itself smoothly off in the most surprising manner, and the Prince, turning to Graciosa, asked if there was nothing else that she wished him to do for her, and if the time would never come when she would wish for him for his own sake.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	stroked	stroke	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	skein	skein	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	wand	wand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
12	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	15	det:predet	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	amod	_	_
15	threads	thread	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
16	joined	join	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
17	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	16	obj	_	_
18	together	together	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
22	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
23	skein	skein	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	compound	_	_
24	wound	wound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nsubj	_	_
25	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	24	nmod:unmarked	_	_
26	smoothly	smoothly	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	_
27	off	off	ADV	RB	_	4	parataxis	_	_
28	in	in	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
30	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	31	advmod	_	_
31	surprising	surprising	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
38	turning	turn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
39	to	to	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
40	Graciosa	Graciosa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
42	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
43	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	45	mark	_	_
44	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	45	expl	_	_
45	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	42	ccomp	_	_
46	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	45	nsubj	_	_
47	else	else	ADV	RB	_	46	advmod	_	_
48	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	50	mark	_	_
49	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	nsubj	_	_
50	wished	wish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	46	acl	_	_
51	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	obj	_	_
52	to	to	PART	TO	_	53	mark	_	_
53	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	50	xcomp	_	_
54	for	for	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
55	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	53	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
57	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	63	cc	_	_
58	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	63	mark	_	_
59	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
60	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	nsubj	_	_
61	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	63	aux	_	_
62	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	63	advmod	_	_
63	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
64	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	67	advmod	_	_
65	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	67	nsubj	_	_
66	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	67	aux	_	_
67	wish	wish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	63	conj	_	_
68	for	for	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
69	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	67	obl	_	_
70	for	for	ADP	IN	_	73	case	_	_
71	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	73	nmod:poss	_	_
72	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	73	amod	_	_
73	sake	sake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	67	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stroke** | past | Prince | the skein |  |  | then | with Prince's wand; the Prince *obl* | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent skein=Experiencer with wand=Instrument |
| 2 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **join** | past | all broken threads | keys *= key* |  |  |  | together *property* | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient |
| 4 | **turn** | gerund | Prince *not said here* |  | Graciosa |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to graciosa=Result |
| 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Prince *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 6 | **be** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | nothing |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **wish** | past | Graciosa | Prince |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Graciosa *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for Graciosa | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **not** **come** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | the time |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 10 | **wish** | would | Graciosa |  |  |  |  | for Prince; for Prince's own sake | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for he=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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