--- title: She stepped in and found a youth who, marvelling at her beauty, at t… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She stepped in and found a youth who, marvelling at her beauty, at the royal robes she wore, and at the golden star on her forehead, asked her where she came from and whither she was going. Who acts: mother, youth. 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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 (mother, youth), 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:pg540:41:42 # text = She stepped in and found a youth who, marvelling at her beauty, at the royal robes she wore, and at the golden star on her forehead, asked her where she came from and whither she was going. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stepped step VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 marvelling marvell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 acl:relcl _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 robes robe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 wore wear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 star star NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 27 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 forehead forehead NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 31 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 32 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 iobj _ _ 33 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 35 advmod _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 36 from from ADP IN _ 35 obl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Int 41 advmod _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **step in** | past | mother | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **find** | past | mother *not said here* | a youth | | the royal robes | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent youth=Theme at robe=Asset | | 3 | **marvell** | gerund | a youth | | | mother's beauty | | | tree rules | | 4 | **wear** | past | mother | the royal robes *not said here* | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent robe=Theme | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | mother *not said here* | | mother | the golden star on mother's forehead | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 6 | **come** | past | mother | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **go** | past · progressive | mother | | | | | whither *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/41/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/41/43/) - ↑ back to [The Twelve Brothers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/41/)