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title: At the first blow all the ragged garments which he had worn in the k… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: At the first blow all the ragged garments which he had worn in the kitchen fell from off Minnikin, at the second blow the brass garments fell off, and at the third the silver raiment, and there he stood in the golden raiment, which was so bright and splendid that light flashed from it. Who acts: bra
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# The Red Fairy Book, Mother Holle, part 2, sentence 89

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At the first blow all the ragged garments which he had worn in the kitchen fell from off Minnikin, at the second blow the brass garments fell off, and at the third the silver raiment, and there he stood in the golden raiment, which was so bright and splendid that light flashed from it.

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**Who acts:** brass, Ritter, golden raiment, light · **What happens:** blow, wear, fall, garment, fall off, stand · **To what, where:** ragged garments, kitchen, second blow, golden raiment, brass

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This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Mother Holle, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (brass, Ritter, golden raiment, light), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg540:45:89
# text = At the first blow all the ragged garments which he had worn in the kitchen fell from off Minnikin, at the second blow the brass garments fell off, and at the third the silver raiment, and there he stood in the golden raiment, which was so bright and splendid that light flashed from it.
1	At	at	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	amod	_	_
4	blow	blow	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	ragged	ragged	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	garments	garment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
9	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl:relcl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
16	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	_
17	from	from	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	off	off	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	Minnikin	Minnikin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
21	at	at	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	24	amod	_	_
24	blow	blow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	brass	brass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nsubj	_	_
27	garments	garment	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	acl:relcl	_	_
28	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	ccomp	_	_
29	off	off	ADP	RP	_	28	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
32	at	at	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	37	amod	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
36	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	_
37	raiment	raiment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
40	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	42	expl	_	_
41	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	nsubj	_	_
42	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
43	in	in	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
45	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	amod	_	_
46	raiment	raiment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
48	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	51	nsubj	_	_
49	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	51	cop	_	_
50	so	so	ADV	RB	_	51	advmod	_	_
51	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	parataxis	_	_
52	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
53	splendid	splendid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	conj	_	_
54	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	55	det	_	_
55	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	nsubj	_	_
56	flashed	flash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	51	conj	_	_
57	from	from	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
58	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	56	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | imperative |  | all ragged garments |  |  |  | the third silver raiment *obl* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent garment=Patient |
| 2 | **wear** | past · perfect · passive |  | all ragged garments |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source |
| 3 | **fall** | past |  |  |  | the kitchen |  | from Minnikin; at the second blow | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in kitchen=Location |
| 4 | **garment** | present | the brass | the second blow *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **fall off** | past | the brass *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 6 | **stand** | past | Ritter |  |  | the golden raiment; there |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in raiment=Location |
| 7 | **is** | past | the golden raiment |  |  |  |  | bright *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **be** |  | the golden raiment *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 9 | **flash** | past | that light |  |  | brass |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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