The Blue Fairy Book, The Goose-girl, sentence 6

When the hour for departure drew near the old mother went to her bedroom, and taking a small knife she cut her fingers till they bled; then she held a white rag under them, and letting three drops of blood fall into it, she gave it to her daughter, and said: “Dear child, take great care of this rag: it may be of use to you on the journey.”

Who acts: hour, old mother, mother, fingers, three drops, rag · What happens: draw, go, take, cut, bleed, hold · To what, where: bedroom, small knife, fingers, white rag, blood, rag · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Goose-girl. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (hour, old mother, mother, fingers), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	6 drew	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 hour	det
3	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drew	nsubj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 departure	case
5	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hour	nmod
6	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 said	advcl
7	near	near	ADP	_	11 went	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 mother	det
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 mother	amod
10	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 went	nsubj
11	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 drew	ccomp
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 bedroom	case
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 bedroom	nmod:poss
14	bedroom	bedroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 went	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 taking	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 taking	cc
17	taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 drew	advcl
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 knife	det
19	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 knife	amod
20	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 taking	obj
21	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 cut	nsubj
22	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 taking	conj
23	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 fingers	nmod:poss
24	fingers	finger	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 cut	obj
25	till	till	SCONJ	_	27 bled	mark
26	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 bled	nsubj
27	bled	bleed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 cut	advcl
28	;	;	PUNCT	_	31 held	punct
29	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	31 held	advmod
30	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 held	nsubj
31	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 drew	conj
32	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	34 rag	det
33	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 rag	amod
34	rag	rag	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 held	obj
35	under	under	ADP	_	36 them	case
36	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 held	obl
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 letting	punct
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 letting	cc
39	letting	let	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 drew	advcl
40	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	41 drops	nummod
41	drops	drop	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 fall	nsubj
42	of	of	ADP	_	43 blood	case
43	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 drops	nmod
44	fall	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	39 letting	parataxis
45	into	into	ADP	_	46 it	case
46	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 fall	obl
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 gave	punct
48	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 gave	nsubj
49	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 fall	conj
50	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 gave	obj
51	to	to	ADP	_	53 daughter	case
52	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	53 daughter	nmod:poss
53	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 gave	obl
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 said	punct
55	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 said	cc
56	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
57	:	:	PUNCT	_	60 child	punct
58	“	"	PUNCT	_	60 child	punct
59	Dear	dear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	60 child	amod
60	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 said	ccomp
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 take	punct
62	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	60 child	parataxis
63	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	64 care	amod
64	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 take	obj
65	of	of	ADP	_	67 rag	case
66	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	67 rag	det
67	rag	rag	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 care	nmod
68	:	:	PUNCT	_	73 use	punct
69	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	73 use	nsubj
70	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	73 use	aux
71	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	73 use	cop
72	of	of	ADP	_	73 use	case
73	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 said	ccomp
74	to	to	ADP	_	75 you	case
75	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	73 use	nmod
76	on	on	ADP	_	78 journey	case
77	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	78 journey	det
78	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 use	nmod
79	.	.	PUNCT	_	56 said	punct
80	”	"	PUNCT	_	56 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	past	the hour for departure						tree rules
2	go	past	the old mother			mother's bedroom			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to bedroom=Initial_Location
3	take	gerund	the hour for departure not said here	a small knife					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Theme
4	cut	past	mother	mother's fingers					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finger=Product
5	bleed	past	fingers = finger						vn substance_emission-43.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Source
6	hold	past	mother	a white rag			then	under fingers = finger	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent rag=Theme under they=Location
7	let	gerund	the hour for departure not said here						vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent
8	fall	present	three drops of blood			blood			vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into it=Result
9	give	past	mother	rag	mother's daughter				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to daughter=Recipient
10	say speech: assert	past							vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
11	take in a quote	infinitive		great care of this rag					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme
12	is in a quote	may	rag		you	the journey		of use	tree rules
13	care in a quote		this rag						nom care «act intransitive»: of=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: «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.

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