--- title: So she learnt by this how the evil spell might be broken, and she ca… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So she learnt by this how the evil spell might be broken, and she carefully sprinkled every stone till there was not one left--only a great company of youths and girls who followed her down the mountain. Who acts: girl, one, great company. 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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 (girl, one, great company), 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:pg5615:20:117 # text = So she learnt by this how the evil spell might be broken, and she carefully sprinkled every stone till there was not one left--only a great company of youths and girls who followed her down the mountain. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 learnt learn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obl _ _ 6 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 spell spell NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 carefully carefully ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 sprinkled sprinkle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 18 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 19 det _ _ 19 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 till till SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 22 expl _ _ 22 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nsubj _ _ 25 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 -- -- PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 only only ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 youths youth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 girls girl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 conj _ _ 35 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 37 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 down down ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **learn** | past | girl | | | | | by this | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **break** | might · passive | | the evil spell | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **sprinkle** | past | girl | every stone | | | | carefully *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent stone=Theme | | 4 | **be** | past | girl *not said here* | | | there | | | tree rules | | 5 | **leave** | participle | one | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **follow down** | past | a great company of youths and girls | girl | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP.attribute»: agent=Agent she=Theme mountain=Attribute | 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 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/20/116/) - next →: [The Pink Fairy Book, part 21, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/21/1/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/20/)