--- title: The gypsy began to comb her long brown locks, when suddenly she drew… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The gypsy began to comb her long brown locks, when suddenly she drew a pin from her stays, and, just as the titmouse digs its beak into the heads of linnets and larks, Titty dug the pin into the head of Zizi. Who acts: gypsy, Zizi, titmouse, Titty. 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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 (gypsy, Zizi, titmouse, Titty), 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:pg540:40:212 # text = The gypsy began to comb her long brown locks, when suddenly she drew a pin from her stays, and, just as the titmouse digs its beak into the heads of linnets and larks, Titty dug the pin into the head of Zizi. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 gypsy gypsy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 comb comb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 7 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 brown brown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 locks lock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 12 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 pin pin NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 from from ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 stays stay VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 just just ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 24 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 titmouse titmouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 digs dig VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 28 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 beak beak NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 into into ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 linnets linnet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 larks lark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 Titty Titty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 dug dig VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 pin pin NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 into into ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 Zizi Zizi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | the gypsy | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **comb** | to-infinitive | the gypsy *not said here* | Zizi's long brown locks | | | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lock=Patient | | 3 | **draw** | past | Zizi | a pin | | | | suddenly *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pin=Theme | | 4 | **stay** | present | Zizi *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **dig** | present | the titmouse | titmouse's beak | | | | into the heads of linnets and larks | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.patient»: agent=Agent beak=Instrument into head=Patient | | 6 | **dig** | past | Titty | the pin | | | | into the head of Zizi | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.patient»: agent=Agent pin=Instrument into head=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 211](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/40/211/) - next →: [sentence 213](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/40/213/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Canary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/40/)