--- title: This had kept their hands very soft and white, like the hands of a g… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This had kept their hands very soft and white, like the hands of a girl, and when the water was passed through the lattice, and the servant saw the small, delicate fingers, he said to himself: ‘A maiden must indeed be lovely if she has a hand like that.’ Who acts: servant, maiden, girl. 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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 (servant, maiden, girl), 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:pg5615:18:11 # text = This had kept their hands very soft and white, like the hands of a girl, and when the water was passed through the lattice, and the servant saw the small, delicate fingers, he said to himself: ‘A maiden must indeed be lovely if she has a hand like that.’ 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 like like ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 24 through through ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 lattice lattice NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 33 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 35 delicate delicate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 fingers finger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 : : PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 43 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 46 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 47 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 48 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 49 cop _ _ 49 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 ccomp _ _ 50 if if SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 51 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 advcl _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ _ 55 like like ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 54 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ’ ' PUNCT NFP _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past · perfect · passive | | This | | | | soft *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **pass** | past · passive | | the water | | the lattice | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme through lattice=Destination | | 3 | **see** | past | the servant | the small delicate fingers | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer finger=Stimulus | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | servant | | servant | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient | | 5 | **is** | must | a maiden | | | | | indeed, lovely *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | girl | a hand | | | | like that | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/18/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/18/12/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/18/)