--- title: As he put his arms round her waist, the fairest in the world unwound… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As he put his arms round her waist, the fairest in the world unwound the veil from her head and cast it to the ground, and then she drew a ring from her finger and flung it into the stream. Who acts: Ciccu, fairest, princess. 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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 (Ciccu, fairest, princess), 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:pg5615:38:86 # text = As he put his arms round her waist, the fairest in the world unwound the veil from her head and cast it to the ground, and then she drew a ring from her finger and flung it into the stream. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 round round ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 waist waist NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 fairest fair ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 15 nsubj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 unwound unwind VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 veil veil NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 from from ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 cast cast VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 31 advmod _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 from from ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 flung fling VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 into into ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | past | Ciccu | Ciccu's arms | | | | round princess's waist | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent arm=Goal | | 2 | **unwind** | past | the fairest | the veil | | princess's head | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent veil=Patient | | 3 | **cast** | present | the fairest *not said here* | veil | | the ground | | | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme to ground=Destination | | 4 | **draw** | past | princess | a ring | | princess's finger | then | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent ring=Theme from finger=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **fling** | past | princess *not said here* | ring | | the stream | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme into stream=Destination | 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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/38/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/38/87/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/38/)