--- title: When she entered the place of the Old One, she gave the handkerchief… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When she entered the place of the Old One, she gave the handkerchief to old Lucifer, who laid it upon a shelf, whence Jack took it and brought it to his master, who showed it to the lady next day, and so saved his life. Who acts: cap, old Lucifer, Jack, master. 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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 (cap, old Lucifer, Jack, master), 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:pg7439:23:73 # text = When she entered the place of the Old One, she gave the handkerchief to old Lucifer, who laid it upon a shelf, whence Jack took it and brought it to his master, who showed it to the lady next day, and so saved his life. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 Old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 One one NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 handkerchief handkerchief NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 Lucifer Lucifer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 20 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 upon upon ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 shelf shelf NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 whence whence ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 27 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 38 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 43 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 so so ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 saved save VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enter** | past | cap | the place of the Old One | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme place=Destination | | 2 | **give** | past | cap | the handkerchief | old Lucifer | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent handkerchief=Theme to lucifer=Recipient | | 3 | **lay** | past | old Lucifer | handkerchief | | a shelf | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme upon shelf=Destination | | 4 | **take** | past | Jack | handkerchief | | | | whence *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **bring** | past | Jack *not said here* | handkerchief | | Jack's master | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to master=Destination | | 6 | **show** | past | Jack's master | handkerchief | the lady next day | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to lady=Recipient | | 7 | **save** | past | Jack *not said here* | Jack's life | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=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:** «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7439 (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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/74/) - ↑ back to [Jack the Giant-killer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/)