--- title: She sat down on the brink of it, and one of the heads came up, sayin… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: She sat down on the brink of it, and one of the heads came up, saying: “Wash me, comb me, and lay me down softly,” as before, but she banged it with her bottle, saying, “Take that for your washing.” Who acts: fortune, one, your. 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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, one, your), 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:pg7439:49:47 # text = She sat down on the brink of it, and one of the heads came up, saying: “Wash me, comb me, and lay me down softly,” as before, but she banged it with her bottle, saying, “Take that for your washing.” 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 down down ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 brink brink NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 11 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nsubj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ _ 15 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 16 up up ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 20 “ " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 Wash wash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 22 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 comb comb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 25 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 29 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 down down ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 31 softly softly ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ” " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ 34 as as ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 before before ADV RB _ 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 banged bang VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 bottle bottle NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 “ " PUNCT `` _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 Take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 ccomp _ _ 49 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 48 obj _ _ 50 for for ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 washing washing NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ” " PUNCT '' _ 48 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit down** | past | fortune | | | the brink of brink | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on brink=Location | | 2 | **come up** | past | one of the heads | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | one of the heads *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **wash** *in a quote* | infinitive | | me | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 5 | **comb** *in a quote* | infinitive | | me | | | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 6 | **lay down** *in a quote* | infinitive | | me | | | | softly *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Result | | 7 | **bang** | past | fortune | brink | | | | with fortune's bottle | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with bottle=Instrument | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | fortune *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | | that | | | | for your washing | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent that=Theme for washing=Beneficiary | | 10 | **wash** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom washing «act transitive»: poss=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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/49/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/49/48/) - ↑ back to [The Three Heads of the Well](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/49/)