--- title: As she entered Snowdrop recognised her, and nearly fainted with fear… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As she entered Snowdrop recognised her, and nearly fainted with fear; but red-hot iron shoes had been prepared for the wicked old Queen, and she was made to get into them and dance till she fell down dead. Who acts: woman, Snowdrop. 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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 (woman, Snowdrop), 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:pg540:47:281 # text = As she entered Snowdrop recognised her, and nearly fainted with fear; but red-hot iron shoes had been prepared for the wicked old Queen, and she was made to get into them and dance till she fell down dead. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Snowdrop Snowdrop PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 recognised recognise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 fainted faint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 15 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 18 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 prepared prepare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 25 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 26 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 dance dance VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 39 till till SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 42 down down ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 43 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enter** | past | woman | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **recognise** | past | Snowdrop | woman | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 3 | **faint** | participle | Snowdrop *not said here* | | | | | with fear; nearly *property* | vn change\_bodily\_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **prepare** | past · perfect · passive | | red hot iron shoes | | | | for the wicked old Queen | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Product for queen=Beneficiary | | 5 | **make** | past · passive | | woman | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **get** | to-infinitive | woman *not said here* | | | | | into shoes *= shoe* | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into they=Destination | | 7 | **dance** | infinitive | woman *not said here* | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **fall down** | past | woman | | | | | dead, down *property* | vn occur-48.3 «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 280](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/47/280/) - next →: [sentence 282](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/47/282/) - ↑ back to [Bushy Bride](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/47/)