--- title: Little One-eye climbed up, but just when she was going to take hold… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Little One-eye climbed up, but just when she was going to take hold of one of the golden apples the bough sprang out of her hands; and this happened every time, so that she could not break off a single apple, however hard she tried. Who acts: eye, bough, this. 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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 (eye, bough, this), 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:pg7277:40:89 # text = Little One-eye climbed up, but just when she was going to take hold of one of the golden apples the bough sprang out of her hands; and this happened every time, so that she could not break off a single apple, however hard she tried. 1 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 2 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 climbed climb VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 9 just just ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nmod _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 apples apple NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 bough bough NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 26 out out ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 nsubj _ _ 33 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 34 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 35 det _ _ 35 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 42 mark _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 fixed _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 43 off off ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 however however ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 51 advmod _ _ 50 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **climb up** | participle | | Little One eye | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **go** | past · progressive | eye | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **take** | to-infinitive | eye *not said here* | hold of one of the golden apples | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Theme | | 4 | **spring out** | past | the bough | eye's hands | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location hand=Theme | | 5 | **happen** | past | this | | | | time | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **not** **break off** | could | eye | a single apple | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer apple=Patient | | 7 | **try** | past | eye | | | | | hard *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | 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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/40/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/40/90/) - ↑ back to [Little One-eye, Little Two-eyes, and Little Three-eyes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/40/)