--- title: She put it on the middle finger of her left hand, and told the youth… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She put it on the middle finger of her left hand, and told the youth to take a knife and try as hard as he could to cut her with it, for he would not be able to hurt her. Who acts: maiden, youth, angel. 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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 (maiden, youth, angel), 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:pg640:5:115 # text = She put it on the middle finger of her left hand, and told the youth to take a knife and try as hard as he could to cut her with it, for he would not be able to hurt her. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 middle middle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 left left ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 23 as as ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 22 advmod _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ _ 30 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 for for SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 36 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 cop _ _ 39 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 advcl _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 hurt hurt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | past | maiden | ring | | the middle finger of maiden's left hand | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme on finger=Destination | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | maiden *not said here* | the youth | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent youth=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the youth *not said here* | a knife | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Theme | | 4 | **try** | infinitive | the youth *not said here* | | | | | hard *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **cut** | to-infinitive | the youth *not said here* | maiden | | | | with ring | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient with it=Instrument | | 6 | **not** **is** | would | angel | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **hurt** | to-infinitive | angel *not said here* | maiden | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/5/114/) - next →: [sentence 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/5/116/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon of the North(2)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/5/)