--- title: But, as soon as she entered, Graciosa presented her with the ball of… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But, as soon as she entered, Graciosa presented her with the ball of thread in perfect order, so that she had no fault to find, and could only pretend to discover that it was soiled, for which imaginary fault she gave Graciosa a blow on each cheek, that made her white and pink skin turn green and ye --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/24/86/) [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 Red Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/) / [Graciosa and Percinet, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/24/) / 86 # The Red Fairy Book, Graciosa and Percinet, part 2, sentence 86 But, as soon as she entered, Graciosa presented her with the ball of thread in perfect order, so that she had no fault to find, and could only pretend to discover that it was soiled, for which imaginary fault she gave Graciosa a blow on each cheek, that made her white and pink skin turn green and yellow. **Who acts:** minx, Graciosa, that, white skin · **What happens:** enter, present, have, find, pretend, discover · **To what, where:** minx, perfect order, fault, blow, Graciosa, cheek 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 (minx, Graciosa, that, white skin), 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:pg540:24:86 # text = But, as soon as she entered, Graciosa presented her with the ball of thread in perfect order, so that she had no fault to find, and could only pretend to discover that it was soiled, for which imaginary fault she gave Graciosa a blow on each cheek, that made her white and pink skin turn green and yellow. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 as as ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 Graciosa Graciosa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 presented present VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 thread thread NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 perfect perfect ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 24 mark _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 fixed _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 25 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 26 det _ _ 26 fault fault NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 only only ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 pretend pretend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 discover discover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 soiled soil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 43 imaginary imaginary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 fault fault NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 47 Graciosa Graciosa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 iobj _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 50 on on ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 52 det _ _ 52 cheek cheek NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 55 nsubj _ _ 55 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 conj _ _ 56 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 57 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 59 pink pink ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 conj _ _ 60 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nsubj _ _ 61 turn turn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 ccomp _ _ 62 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 xcomp _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 64 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enter** | past | minx | | | | | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **present** | past | Graciosa | | minx | perfect order | | with the ball of thread | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Recipient with ball=Theme | | 3 | **have** | past | Graciosa | no fault | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fault=Patient | | 4 | **find** | to-infinitive | Graciosa *not said here* | no fault *not said here* | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **pretend** | could | Graciosa *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **discover** | to-infinitive | Graciosa *not said here* | | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **soil** | past · passive | | fault | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination | | 8 | **give** | past | Graciosa | a blow | Graciosa | each cheek | | for imaginary fault | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent graciosa=Recipient blow=Theme for fault=Asset | | 9 | **make** | past | that | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **turn** | present | minx's white skin | | | | | green *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | 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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/24/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/24/87/) - ↑ back to [Graciosa and Percinet, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/24/)