--- title: When evening drew near she stole out of the peasant’s cottage secret… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When evening drew near she stole out of the peasant’s cottage secretly, and, going to her hiding-place, she put on her dress embroidered with the gold suns, and all her jewels, and loosed her beautiful golden hair, which up to now she had always worn under a kerchief, and, adorned thus, she set out --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/29/37/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Green Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/) / [The Biter Bit, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/29/) / 37 # The Green Fairy Book, The Biter Bit, part 4, sentence 37 When evening drew near she stole out of the peasant’s cottage secretly, and, going to her hiding-place, she put on her dress embroidered with the gold suns, and all her jewels, and loosed her beautiful golden hair, which up to now she had always worn under a kerchief, and, adorned thus, she set out for the town. **Who acts:** Helena, dress · **What happens:** draw, steal, go, put, embroider, loose · **To what, where:** cottage, hiding place, jewels, beautiful golden hair, kerchief This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Biter Bit, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Helena, dress), 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:pg7277:29:37 # text = When evening drew near she stole out of the peasant’s cottage secretly, and, going to her hiding-place, she put on her dress embroidered with the gold suns, and all her jewels, and loosed her beautiful golden hair, which up to now she had always worn under a kerchief, and, adorned thus, she set out for the town. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 4 near near ADP IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 stole steal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 out out ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 peasant peasant NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ’s 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 cottage cottage NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 13 secretly secretly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 20 hiding hiding NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 26 on on SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 dress dress NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 embroidered embroider VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 suns sun NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 38 det:predet _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 jewels jewel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 loosed loose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 42 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 43 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 44 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 nmod _ _ 48 up up ADP RP _ 47 compound:prt _ _ 49 to to SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 50 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 54 advmod _ _ 51 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 52 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 53 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 54 advmod _ _ 54 worn wear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 47 acl _ _ 55 under under ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 kerchief kerchief NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 61 adorned adorn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 54 conj _ _ 62 thus thus ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 64 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 65 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 conj _ _ 66 out out ADP RP _ 65 compound:prt _ _ 67 for for ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw** | past | Helena *not said here* | | | | evening | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **steal** | past | Helena | | | the peasant's cottage | | secretly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out cottage=Location | | 3 | **go** | gerund | Helena *not said here* | | | Helena's hiding place | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to place=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **put** | past | Helena | Helena's jewels | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **embroider** | past | Helena's dress | | | | | with the gold suns | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with sun=Theme | | 6 | **loose** | past | Helena *not said here* | Helena's beautiful golden hair | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hair=Patient | | 7 | **wear** | past · perfect | Helena | | | a kerchief | now | always *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **adorn** | participle | Helena *not said here* | | | | | thus *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **set out** | past | Helena | | | | | for the town | vn escape-51.1-1 «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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/29/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/29/38/) - ↑ back to [The Biter Bit, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/29/)