--- title: Well, she was that frightened, she'd always been such a gatless girl… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Well, she was that frightened, she'd always been such a gatless girl, that she didn't so much as know how to spin, and what was she to do to-morrow with no one to come nigh her to help her? Who acts: Darter. 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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 (Darter), 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:pg7439:5:39 # text = Well, she was that frightened, she'd always been such a gatless girl, that she didn't so much as know how to spin, and what was she to do to-morrow with no one to come nigh her to help her? 1 Well well INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 'd have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 10 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 15 advmod _ _ 11 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 cop _ _ 12 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 15 det:predet _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 gatless gatless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 21 so so ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 obj _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 24 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 acl _ _ 25 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 spin spin VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 30 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 34 obj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 40 det _ _ 40 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 acl _ _ 43 nigh nigh ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 44 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 advcl _ _ 47 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **frighten** | past · passive | | Darter | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **is a** | past · perfect | Darter | such gatless girl | | | | always *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **do** | past | Darter | much | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Eventuality | | 4 | **know** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **spin** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | Darter | | | | | to morrow; with no one; do *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **come** | to-infinitive | Darter *not said here* | Darter | | | | nigh *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location she=Theme | | 8 | **help** | to-infinitive | Darter *not said here* | | Darter | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary | 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/5/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/5/40/) - ↑ back to [Tom Tit Tot](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/5/)