--- title: The girl in the meantime was doing as the Dwarfs had bidden her, and… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The girl in the meantime was doing as the Dwarfs had bidden her, and was sweeping the snow away from the back door, and what do you think she found there?—heaps of fine ripe strawberries that showed out dark red against the white snow. Who acts: girl, you, first, fine ripe strawberries. 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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 (girl, you, first, fine ripe strawberries), 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:pg540:37:39 # text = The girl in the meantime was doing as the Dwarfs had bidden her, and was sweeping the snow away from the back door, and what do you think she found there?—heaps of fine ripe strawberries that showed out dark red against the white snow. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 meantime meantime NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Dwarfs dwarf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 bidden bid VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 advcl _ _ 13 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 sweeping sweep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 away away ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 21 from from ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 30 obj _ _ 28 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 ccomp _ _ 33 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 — - PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 heaps heap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 39 ripe ripe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 strawberries strawberry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ _ 41 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 42 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 43 out out ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ _ 44 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 xcomp _ _ 46 against against ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · progressive | the girl in the meantime | heaps of fine ripe strawberries | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **bid** | past · perfect · passive | | the Dwarfs | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **sweep away** | past · progressive | the girl in the meantime *not said here* | the snow | | the back door | | away *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent snow=Theme from door=Trajectory | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | present · do-support | you | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent what=Attribute clause=Theme | | 5 | **find** | past | first | | | there | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **show out** | past | fine ripe strawberries | | | | | against the white snow; red *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/37/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/37/40/) - ↑ back to [The Three Dwarfs, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/37/)