--- title: So they all began to push and pull at it, and Graciosa among the oth… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So they all began to push and pull at it, and Graciosa among the others, which was just what the Queen wanted; for as soon as the stone was lifted high enough, she gave the Princess a push which sent her down to the bottom of the well, and then the stone was let fall again, and there she was a priso --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/25/49/) [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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/25/) / 49 # The Red Fairy Book, Graciosa and Percinet, part 3, sentence 49 So they all began to push and pull at it, and Graciosa among the others, which was just what the Queen wanted; for as soon as the stone was lifted high enough, she gave the Princess a push which sent her down to the bottom of the well, and then the stone was let fall again, and there she was a prisoner. **Who acts:** passers, Queen, push, stone, Princess · **What happens:** begin, push, pull, be, want, lift · **To what, where:** Graciosa, others, stone, push, Princess, bottom This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Graciosa and Percinet, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (passers, Queen, push, stone), 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:pg540:25:49 # text = So they all began to push and pull at it, and Graciosa among the others, which was just what the Queen wanted; for as soon as the stone was lifted high enough, she gave the Princess a push which sent her down to the bottom of the well, and then the stone was let fall again, and there she was a prisoner. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 4 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 push push VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 pull pull VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 Graciosa Graciosa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 14 among among ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 just just ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 24 obj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 as as ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 33 obl _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 lifted lift VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 34 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 xcomp _ _ 35 enough enough ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 push push NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 43 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 44 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ _ 45 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 down down ADP RP _ 44 compound:prt _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 55 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 59 advmod _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nsubj:pass _ _ 58 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 aux:pass _ _ 59 let let VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 conj _ _ 60 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 59 xcomp _ _ 61 again again ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 64 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 66 expl _ _ 65 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 66 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 67 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 prisoner prisoner NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | passers *= passer* | Graciosa | | | | among the others | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **push** | to-infinitive | passers *= passer* *not said here* | | | | | | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **pull** | infinitive | passers *= passer* *not said here* | | | | | at treasure | vn push-12-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent at it=Theme | | 4 | **is a** | past | | the others | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **want** | past | the Queen | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 6 | **lift** | past · passive | | the stone | | | | high *property* | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for soon=Beneficiary | | 7 | **give** | past | Queen | a push | the Princess | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent princess=Recipient push=Theme | | 8 | **send down** | past | a push | Princess | | the bottom of the well | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to bottom=Destination | | 9 | **let** | past · passive | | the stone | | | then | | tree rules | | 10 | **fall** | infinitive | the stone *not said here* | | | | again | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **be** | past | Princess | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/25/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/25/50/) - ↑ back to [Graciosa and Percinet, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/25/)