--- title: But Molly came out from the back of the door, and the giant saw her,… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But Molly came out from the back of the door, and the giant saw her, and he after her; and he ran and she ran, till they came to the “Bridge of one hair,” and she got over but he couldn't; and he said, “Woe worth you, Molly Whuppie! never you come again.” Who acts: Molly, giant, dog, man. 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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 (Molly, giant, dog, man), 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:pg7439:25:57 # text = But Molly came out from the back of the door, and the giant saw her, and he after her; and he ran and she ran, till they came to the “Bridge of one hair,” and she got over but he couldn't; and he said, “Woe worth you, Molly Whuppie! never you come again.” 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Molly Molly PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 16 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 after after ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 till till SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 “ " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 Bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 nummod _ _ 39 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ” " PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 45 over over ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 46 but but CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 48 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ; ; PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 52 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 “ " PUNCT `` _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 Woe woe NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 57 worth worth ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 56 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 60 Molly Molly PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 appos _ _ 61 Whuppie Whuppie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 62 ! ! PUNCT . _ 56 punct _ _ 63 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 65 advmod _ _ 64 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 65 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 advcl _ _ 66 again again ADV RB _ 65 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come out** | past | Molly | | | the back of the door | | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **see** | past | the giant | Molly | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 3 | **run** | past | dog | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **run** | past | Molly | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **come** | past | man | | | the Bridge of one hair | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bridge=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **get over** | past | Molly | | | | | over *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **say** *speech: express* | past | dog | Woe | | | | worth you | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent woe=Topic | | 8 | **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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/25/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/25/58/) - ↑ back to [Molly Whuppie](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/25/)