--- title: And first of all the little girl was called and is still called Litt… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And first of all the little girl was called and is still called Little Golden-hood; secondly, it was not she, nor the good grand-dame, but the wicked Wolf who was, in the end, caught and devoured. Who acts: hood, wicked Wolf. 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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 (hood, wicked Wolf), 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:pg540:33:2 # text = And first of all the little girl was called and is still called Little Golden-hood; secondly, it was not she, nor the good grand-dame, but the wicked Wolf who was, in the end, caught and devoured. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 2 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 9 advmod _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 7 det:predet _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 12 still still ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 14 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 15 Golden Golden PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 hood hood NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 secondly secondly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 31 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 28 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 29 grand grand ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 dame dame NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 37 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 acl _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 devoured devour VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | | | | | of all little girl; first, secondly *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V» | | 2 | **call** | present · passive | | Little Golden hood | | | still | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V» | | 3 | **not** **is a** | past | hood | girl | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | past | the wicked Wolf | | | | in the end | | tree rules | | 5 | **catch** | participle | | the end *not said here* | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **devour** | participle | | | | | | | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/33/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/33/3/) - ↑ back to [The True History of Little Golden Hood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/33/)