--- title: So again the heads talked together about what they should do for thi… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So again the heads talked together about what they should do for this girl who was so ill-tempered and full of her own importance, and they agreed that she should have a nose that was four ells long, and a jaw that was three ells, and a fir bush in the middle of her forehead, and every time she spok --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/47/33/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Red Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/) / [Bushy Bride](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/47/) / 33 # The Red Fairy Book, Bushy Bride, sentence 33 So again the heads talked together about what they should do for this girl who was so ill-tempered and full of her own importance, and they agreed that she should have a nose that was four ells long, and a jaw that was three ells, and a fir bush in the middle of her forehead, and every time she spoke ashes should fall from her mouth. **Who acts:** heads, coins, head, nose, that, time · **What happens:** talk, do, temper, agree, have, be · **To what, where:** girl, nose, three ells, ashes, mouth · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Bushy Bride. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (heads, coins, head, nose), 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:pg540:47:33 # text = So again the heads talked together about what they should do for this girl who was so ill-tempered and full of her own importance, and they agreed that she should have a nose that was four ells long, and a jaw that was three ells, and a fir bush in the middle of her forehead, and every time she spoke ashes should fall from her mouth. 1 So so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 again again ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 talked talk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 together together ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 obl _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 det _ _ 14 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 17 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 18 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 tempered temper VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl:relcl _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 conj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 25 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 importance importance NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 agreed agree VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 39 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 40 nummod _ _ 40 ells ell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl:unmarked _ _ 41 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 jaw jaw NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 46 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 nsubj _ _ 47 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 48 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 49 nummod _ _ 49 ells ell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 fir fir NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 compound _ _ 54 bush bush NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 55 in in ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 60 forehead forehead NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 63 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 64 det _ _ 64 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 nsubj _ _ 65 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 66 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 acl:relcl _ _ 67 ashes ash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 obj _ _ 68 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 69 aux _ _ 69 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 70 from from ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 71 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 72 nmod:poss _ _ 72 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** | past | the heads | | | | again | together *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about what=Topic | | 2 | **do** | should | coins *= coin* | | | | | for this girl | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **temper** | past · passive | | this girl | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | coins *= coin* | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **have** | should | head | a nose | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Patient | | 6 | **is** | past | a nose | | | | | four ells *obl:unmarked*; long *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **is a** | past | that | three ells | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | head | ashes | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **fall** | should | every time | | | head's mouth | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from mouth=Initial\_Location | 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/47/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/47/34/) - ↑ back to [Bushy Bride](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/47/)