--- title: She slipped out, and slipped her hand below the pillow, and got out… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: She slipped out, and slipped her hand below the pillow, and got out the purse; but just as she was going out the giant wakened, and ran after her; and she ran, and he ran, till they came to the “Bridge of one hair,” and she got over, but he couldn't, and he said, “Woe worth ye, Molly Whuppie! never --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/25/38/) [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/) / [English Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/) / [Molly Whuppie](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/25/) / 38 # English Fairy Tales, Molly Whuppie, sentence 38 She slipped out, and slipped her hand below the pillow, and got out the purse; but just as she was going out the giant wakened, and ran after her; and she ran, and he ran, till they came to the “Bridge of one hair,” and she got over, but he couldn't, and he said, “Woe worth ye, Molly Whuppie! never you come again.” **Who acts:** Molly, purse, sisters, you · **What happens:** slip out, slip, get out, go out, waken, run · **To what, where:** hand, pillow, purse, giant, Bridge, Woe · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Molly Whuppie. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Molly, purse, sisters, you), 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:pg7439:25:38 # text = She slipped out, and slipped her hand below the pillow, and got out the purse; but just as she was going out the giant wakened, and ran after her; and she ran, and he ran, till they came to the “Bridge of one hair,” and she got over, but he couldn't, and he said, “Woe worth ye, Molly Whuppie! never you come again.” 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 slipped slip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 slipped slip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 below below ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 pillow pillow NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 15 out out ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 purse purse NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 20 just just ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 21 as as SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 25 out out ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 28 wakened waken VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 32 after after ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 till till SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 parataxis _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 “ " PUNCT `` _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 Bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 52 nummod _ _ 52 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ” " PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 56 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 57 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 58 over over ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 60 but but CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 61 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 62 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 62 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 66 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj _ _ 67 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 69 “ " PUNCT `` _ 70 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 Woe woe NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obj _ _ 71 worth worth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 amod _ _ 72 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 71 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 73 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 74 Molly Molly PROPN NNP Number=Sing 70 appos _ _ 75 Whuppie Whuppie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 74 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 76 ! ! PUNCT . _ 70 punct _ _ 77 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 79 advmod _ _ 78 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 79 nsubj _ _ 79 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 67 advcl _ _ 80 again again ADV RB _ 79 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 81 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 82 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **slip out** | past | Molly | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **slip** | past | Molly *not said here* | Molly's hand | | the pillow | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | | 3 | **get out** | past | Molly *not said here* | the purse | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **go out** | past · progressive | Molly | the giant | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **waken** | participle | Molly *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **run** | past | Molly *not said here* | | | | after Molly | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **run** | past | Molly | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **run** | past | purse | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **come** | past | sisters *= sister* | | | the Bridge of one hair | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bridge=Initial\_Location | | 10 | **get over** | past | Molly | | | | | over *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 11 | **say** *speech: express* | past | purse | Woe | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent woe=Topic | | 12 | **not** **come** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | again | | 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:** «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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/25/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/25/39/) - ↑ back to [Molly Whuppie](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/25/)