--- title: Then came the lovely maiden, and got the brush and brushed her hair… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then came the lovely maiden, and got the brush and brushed her hair till the gold dropped from it, and then she sent her Little Snow out to see if it would soon be day, and this she did three times. Who acts: gold, bride, this. 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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 (gold, bride, this), 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:pg540:47:87 # text = Then came the lovely maiden, and got the brush and brushed her hair till the gold dropped from it, and then she sent her Little Snow out to see if it would soon be day, and this she did three times. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 maiden maiden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 brush brush NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 brushed brush VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 till till SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 dropped drop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 19 from from ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 27 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 Snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 29 out out ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 34 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 35 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 37 advmod _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 cop _ _ 37 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 42 nsubj _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 43 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 44 nummod _ _ 44 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | | | | | then | maiden *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **get** | past | | the brush | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer brush=Stimulus | | 3 | **brush** | past | | bride's hair | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hair=Theme | | 4 | **drop** | past | the gold | | | hair | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from it=Trajectory | | 5 | **send** | past | bride | bride's Little Snow | | | then | out *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snow=Theme | | 6 | **see** | to-infinitive | bride *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | Gold | day | | | | soon *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **do** | past | this | | | | time | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **snow** | | bride | | | | | | nom snow «phenomenon intransitive»: poss=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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/47/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/47/88/) - ↑ back to [Bushy Bride](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/47/)