--- title: Then the witch stretched out her hand, and cut off a lock of the mai… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the witch stretched out her hand, and cut off a lock of the maiden’s hair, and in an instant the girl sprang up, a pea-hen once more, spread her wings and flew away, while her sisters, who were busily stripping the boughs, flew after her. Who acts: girl, sisters. 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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, sisters), 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:pg641:7:22 # text = Then the witch stretched out her hand, and cut off a lock of the maiden’s hair, and in an instant the girl sprang up, a pea-hen once more, spread her wings and flew away, while her sisters, who were busily stripping the boughs, flew after her. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 stretched stretch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 11 off off ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 lock lock NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ’s 's PART POS _ 16 case _ _ 18 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 instant instant NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 27 up up ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 30 pea pea NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 hen hen NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 33 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 34 advmod _ _ 34 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 spread spread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 parataxis _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 41 away away ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 while while SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 50 nsubj _ _ 48 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 49 busily busily ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 50 stripping strip VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 acl:relcl _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 boughs bough NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 54 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 55 after after ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stretch out** | participle · passive | | the witch | | | then | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Patient hand=Result | | 2 | **cut off** | participle | | a lock of the maiden's hair | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector lock=Eventuality | | 3 | **spring up** | past | the girl | a pea hen | | a instant | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in instant=Location | | 4 | **spread** | past | | witch's wings | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location wing=Theme | | 5 | **fly away** | past | | witch's sisters | | | | away *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **strip** | past · progressive | witch's sisters | the boughs | | | | busily *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bough=Patient | | 7 | **fly** | past | | | | | after witch | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «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 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/7/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/7/23/) - ↑ back to [The Nine Pea-hens and the Golden Apples](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/7/)