--- title: But she was not beaten yet, and gathering herself together, she made… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But she was not beaten yet, and gathering herself together, she made a prodigious leap, which landed her on the top of the tower, right in the middle of Iliane’s ring which lay there, and held her tight. Who acts: mother, prodigious leap, ring. 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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 (mother, prodigious leap, ring), 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:pg641:40:4 # text = But she was not beaten yet, and gathering herself together, she made a prodigious leap, which landed her on the top of the tower, right in the middle of Iliane’s ring which lay there, and held her tight. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 beaten beat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 yet yet ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 9 gathering gather VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 10 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 9 obj _ _ 11 together together ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 prodigious prodigious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 leap leap NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 20 landed land VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 21 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 right right ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 Iliane Iliane PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ’s 's PART POS _ 34 case _ _ 36 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 37 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 38 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 39 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 43 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 tight tight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **beat** | past · passive | | mother | | | yet | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **gather** | gerund | mother *not said here* | mother | | | | together *property* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Theme | | 3 | **make** | past | mother | a prodigious leap | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leap=Product | | 4 | **land** | past | a prodigious leap | mother | | the top of the tower | | in the middle of Iliane's ring | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme on top=Destination | | 5 | **lie** | past | Iliane's ring | | | there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **hold** | past | mother *not said here* | mother's tight | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tight=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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/40/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/40/5/) - ↑ back to [The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/40/)