--- title: The prince made haste to get the silk thread tied round her little w… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The prince made haste to get the silk thread tied round her little white finger; at the same moment the princess became a dove again and flew away, and immediately after that the old witch came home with her dough-trough on he back. Who acts: princess, old witch. 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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 (princess, old witch), 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:pg5615:26:30 # text = The prince made haste to get the silk thread tied round her little white finger; at the same moment the princess became a dove again and flew away, and immediately after that the old witch came home with her dough-trough on he back. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ _ 4 haste haste NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 acl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 silk silk NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 thread thread NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 tied tie VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ _ 11 round round ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 13 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 14 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 dove dove NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 xcomp _ _ 26 again again ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 29 away away ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 32 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 after after SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 39 home home ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 41 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 42 dough dough NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 trough trough NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 45 on on ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 back back ADV RB _ 44 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | participle | | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | | the silk thread | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thread=Stimulus | | 3 | **tie** | participle | | the silk thread *not said here* | | | | round witch's little white finger | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **become** | past | the princess | a dove | | | again; moment | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **fly away** | past | the princess *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **come** | past | the old witch | | | | | with witch's dough trough; home *property* | 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 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/26/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/26/31/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/26/)