--- title: This time also, as before, she borrowed a brush and brushed her hair… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This time also, as before, she borrowed a brush and brushed her hair with it, and the gold dropped down as she did it; and again she sent the dog out three times, and when day dawned she departed, but as she was going she said as she had said before, ‘I shall come once more, and then never again.’ W --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/47/83/) [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/) / 83 # The Red Fairy Book, Bushy Bride, sentence 83 This time also, as before, she borrowed a brush and brushed her hair with it, and the gold dropped down as she did it; and again she sent the dog out three times, and when day dawned she departed, but as she was going she said as she had said before, ‘I shall come once more, and then never again.’ **Who acts:** maiden, gold, I · **What happens:** borrow, brush, drop down, do, send out, dawn · **To what, where:** brush, hair, kitchen, dog · **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 (maiden, gold, I), 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:pg540:47:83 # text = This time also, as before, she borrowed a brush and brushed her hair with it, and the gold dropped down as she did it; and again she sent the dog out three times, and when day dawned she departed, but as she was going she said as she had said before, ‘I shall come once more, and then never again.’ 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 also also ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 5 as as ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 before before ADV RB _ 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 borrowed borrow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 brush brush NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 brushed brush VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 dropped drop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 23 down down ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 again again ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 out out ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 36 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 nummod _ _ 37 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 42 advmod _ _ 41 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl:unmarked _ _ 42 dawned dawn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 departed depart VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 46 but but CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 47 as as SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 48 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 ccomp _ _ 51 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 parataxis _ _ 53 as as SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 54 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 55 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 56 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 52 ccomp _ _ 57 before before ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 59 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 62 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 61 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 62 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 conj _ _ 63 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 64 advmod _ _ 64 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 62 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 67 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 69 advmod _ _ 68 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 69 advmod _ _ 69 again again ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 71 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 50 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **borrow** | past | maiden | a brush | | | time | | tree rules | | 2 | **brush** | past | maiden *not said here* | maiden's hair | | | | with kitchen | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent hair=Destination with it=Theme | | 3 | **drop down** | past | the gold | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **do** | past | maiden | kitchen | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 5 | **send out** | past | maiden | the dog | | | again; time | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme | | 6 | **dawn** | past | maiden *not said here* | | | | day | | tree rules | | 7 | **depart** | past | maiden | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **go** | past · progressive | maiden | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | maiden | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 10 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | maiden | | | | again | before *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **come** | shall | I | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/47/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/47/84/) - ↑ back to [Bushy Bride](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/47/)