--- title: Then she shut the door, and the girl found herself back in the world… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then she shut the door, and the girl found herself back in the world again, not far from her own house; and when she came to the courtyard the old hen, who sat on the top of the wall, called out: Who acts: Mother, girl, old hen. 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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, girl, old hen), 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:pg540:44:29 # text = Then she shut the door, and the girl found herself back in the world again, not far from her own house; and when she came to the courtyard the old hen, who sat on the top of the wall, called out: 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 shut shut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 10 obj _ _ 12 back back ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 16 again again ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ _ 20 from from ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 22 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 courtyard courtyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 hen hen NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 37 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 38 on on ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 conj _ _ 46 out out ADP RP _ 45 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 47 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shut** | past | Mother | the door | | | then | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent door=Patient | | 2 | **find back** | past | the girl | Mother | | the world | again | far *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Topic | | 3 | **come** | past | Mother | the old hen | | the courtyard | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to courtyard=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **sit** | past | the old hen | | | the top of the wall | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on top=Location | | 5 | **call out** *speech: assert* | participle | the old hen *not said here* | | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/44/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/44/30/) - ↑ back to [Mother Holle, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/44/)