--- title: In the night, when everyone else was sleeping, she got up and took t… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In the night, when everyone else was sleeping, she got up and took three things from her treasures, a gold ring, a little gold spinning-wheel, and a gold reel; she put the sun, moon, and star dresses in a nut-shell, drew on the cloak of many skins, and made her face and hands black with soot. 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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 (everyone, Princess, little gold, star dresses), 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:pg7277:42:18 # text = In the night, when everyone else was sleeping, she got up and took three things from her treasures, a gold ring, a little gold spinning-wheel, and a gold reel; she put the sun, moon, and star dresses in a nut-shell, drew on the cloak of many skins, and made her face and hands black with soot. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 6 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 9 nsubj _ _ 7 else else ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 sleeping sleep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 up up ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 16 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 17 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 18 from from ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 treasures treasure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 29 spinning spin VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 wheel wheel NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 reel reel NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 46 star star NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 47 dresses dress NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 nsubj _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 50 nut nut NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 51 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 shell shell NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 54 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 55 on on ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 cloak cloak NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 skins skin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 63 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 64 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nmod:poss _ _ 65 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obj _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 67 hands hand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 63 conj _ _ 68 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 xcomp _ _ 69 with with ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 70 soot soot NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sleep** | past · progressive | everyone | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **get up** | past | Princess | | | | night | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **take** | past | Princess *not said here* | three things | | Princess's treasures and a gold ring and a little gold | | a gold reel *obl* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent thing=Theme from treasure=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **spin** | gerund | a little gold *not said here* | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **put** | past | Princess | the sun and moon | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent sun=Goal | | 6 | **draw** | past | star dresses in a nut shell | | | the cloak of many skins | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on cloak=Destination | | 7 | **make** | past | | Princess's face | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset face=Product | | 8 | **hand** | present | | | | | | black *property* | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **treasure** | | Princess | | | | | | nom treasure «possession transitive»: poss=agent | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/42/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/42/19/) - ↑ back to [Allerleirauh; Or, the Many-furred Creature](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/42/)