--- title: Then the seventy fair maidens fell to the ground headlong; and some… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the seventy fair maidens fell to the ground headlong; and some were bruised and some broken, but the only one who escaped unhurt was the maiden who loved Rasalu, for she fell out last, on the top of the others, and so came to no harm. Who acts: seventy fair maidens, some, only one, maiden. 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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 (seventy fair maidens, some, only one, maiden), 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:pg7128:21:42 # text = Then the seventy fair maidens fell to the ground headlong; and some were bruised and some broken, but the only one who escaped unhurt was the maiden who loved Rasalu, for she fell out last, on the top of the others, and so came to no harm. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 seventy seventy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 headlong headlong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 bruised bruise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 15 obl:agent _ _ 18 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 24 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 25 escaped escape VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 26 unhurt unhurt ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 xcomp _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 30 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 31 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 32 Rasalu Rasalu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 for for SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 37 out out ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 last last ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 on on ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 so so ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 52 det _ _ 52 harm harm NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | past | the seventy fair maidens | | | | then | to the ground | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to ground=Theme | | 2 | **bruise** | past · passive | some | some | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 3 | **break** | participle | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **escape** | past | the only one | | | | | unhurt *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is a** | past | the only one | the maiden | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **love** | past | the maiden | Rasalu | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rasalu=Stimulus | | 7 | **fall out** | past | first | | | the top of the others | | last, out *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on top=Location | | 8 | **come** | past | the seventy fair maidens *not said here* | | | no harm | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to harm=Initial\_Location | 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:** «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7128 (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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/43/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/)