--- title: They were tied to the reindeer, the little robber-girl opened the do… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They were tied to the reindeer, the little robber-girl opened the door, made all the big dogs come away, cut through the halter with her sharp knife, and said to the reindeer, ‘Run now! Who acts: little robber girl, big dogs. 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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 (little robber girl, big dogs), 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:pg5615:10:53 # text = They were tied to the reindeer, the little robber-girl opened the door, made all the big dogs come away, cut through the halter with her sharp knife, and said to the reindeer, ‘Run now! 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 tied tie VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 reindeer reindeer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 9 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 10 robber robber NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 18 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 21 det:predet _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj _ _ 22 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 23 away away ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ _ 26 through through ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 halter halter NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 31 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 reindeer reindeer NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 Run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 42 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tie** | past · passive | | loaves *= loaf* | | | | to the reindeer | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to reindeer=Co-Patient | | 2 | **open** | past | the little robber girl | the door | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme | | 3 | **make** | past | the little robber girl *not said here* | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 4 | **come away** | present | all big dogs | | | | | away *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **cut** | participle | all big dogs *not said here* | | | | | through the halter with girl's sharp knife | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent through halter=Patient | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | the reindeer | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to reindeer=Recipient | | 7 | **run** | infinitive | | | | | now | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/54/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/)