--- title: Going on, she came to the hedge, through which she espied a gap, and… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Going on, she came to the hedge, through which she espied a gap, and thought to pass through it; but the hedge closed, and the, thorns ran into her flesh, so that it was with great difficulty that she got through. Who acts: fortune, hedge, thorns. 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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 (fortune, hedge, thorns), 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:pg7439:49:45 # text = Going on, she came to the hedge, through which she espied a gap, and thought to pass through it; but the hedge closed, and the, thorns ran into her flesh, so that it was with great difficulty that she got through. 1 Going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 2 on on ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 hedge hedge NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 through through ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 obl _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 espied espy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 gap gap NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 through through ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 hedge hedge NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 closed close VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 32 thorns thorn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj _ _ 33 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 34 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 38 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 44 mark _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 fixed _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 difficulty difficulty NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 parataxis _ _ 45 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 46 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 advcl _ _ 48 through through ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go on** | gerund | fortune *not said here* | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **come** | past | fortune | | | the hedge | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to hedge=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **espy** | past | fortune | a gap | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gap=Stimulus | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past | fortune *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **pass** | to-infinitive | fortune *not said here* | | | gap | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through it=Location | | 6 | **close** | participle | the hedge | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **run** | past | the thorns | | | | | into fortune's flesh *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into flesh=Result | | 8 | **is** | past | hedge | | | | | with great difficulty | tree rules | | 9 | **get through** | past | fortune | | | | | through *property* | vn cope-83-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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:** «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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/49/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/49/46/) - ↑ back to [The Three Heads of the Well](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/49/)