--- title: The rich girl sat at her door dressed out in all her best clothes, a… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The rich girl sat at her door dressed out in all her best clothes, and when the King’s son came near she got up, went to meet him, and made him a low curtsey. Who acts: rich girl, son, girl. 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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 (rich girl, son, girl), 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:pg7277:44:16 # text = The rich girl sat at her door dressed out in all her best clothes, and when the King’s son came near she got up, went to meet him, and made him a low curtsey. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 out out ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 14 det:predet _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 14 amod _ _ 14 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 17 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ’s 's PART POS _ 19 case _ _ 21 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 23 near near ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 26 up up ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 curtsey curtsey NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | the rich girl | | | girl's door | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at door=Location | | 2 | **dress out** | participle | | girl's door *not said here* | | girl's best clothes | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **come** | past | the King's son | | | | | near *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **get up** | past | girl | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **go** | past | girl *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **meet** | to-infinitive | girl *not said here* | son | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 7 | **make** | past | the rich girl *not said here* | a low curtsey | son | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset he=Beneficiary curtsey=Product | 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/44/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/44/17/) - ↑ back to [Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/44/)