--- title: This little hood was given her by her Grandmother, who was so old th… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This little hood was given her by her Grandmother, who was so old that she did not know her age; it ought to bring her good luck, for it was made of a ray of sunshine, she said. Who acts: Grandmother, girl, hood. 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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 (Grandmother, girl, hood), 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:pg540:33:7 # text = This little hood was given her by her Grandmother, who was so old that she did not know her age; it ought to bring her good luck, for it was made of a ray of sunshine, she said. 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 2 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 hood hood NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 Grandmother grandmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 27 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 for for SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 conj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 ray ray NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 sunshine sunshine NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past · passive | girl's Grandmother | this little hood | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient she=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | girl's Grandmother | | | | | old *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | girl | girl's age | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer age=Stimulus | | 4 | **bring** | ought | hood | good luck | girl | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent she=Destination luck=Theme | | 5 | **make** | past · passive | | hood | | | | of a ray of sunshine | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | girl | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **ray** | | | sunshine | | | | | nom ray «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/33/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/33/8/) - ↑ back to [The True History of Little Golden Hood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/33/)