--- title: But one night, just at the fore-end of winter, the widow could not m… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But one night, just at the fore-end of winter, the widow could not make up her mind to go off to bed, and leave him playing by the fireside; for the wind was tugging at the door, and rattling the window-panes, and well she knew that on such a night, fairies and such like were bound to be out and abo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/16/46/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [More English Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/) / [More English Fairy Tales, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/16/) / 46 # More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 2, sentence 46 But one night, just at the fore-end of winter, the widow could not make up her mind to go off to bed, and leave him playing by the fireside; for the wind was tugging at the door, and rattling the window-panes, and well she knew that on such a night, fairies and such like were bound to be out and about, and bent on mischief. **Who acts:** widow, wind · **What happens:** not make up, go off, leave, play, tug, rattle · **To what, where:** mind, fire, window panes, mischief This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, More English Fairy Tales, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (widow, wind), 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:pg14241:16:46 # text = But one night, just at the fore-end of winter, the widow could not make up her mind to go off to bed, and leave him playing by the fireside; for the wind was tugging at the door, and rattling the window-panes, and well she knew that on such a night, fairies and such like were bound to be out and about, and bent on mischief. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 fore fore NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 widow widow NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 16 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 19 up up ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 24 off off ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 playing play VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 32 by by ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 fireside fireside NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 for for SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 tugging tug VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 41 at at ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 rattling rattle VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 conj _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 48 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 49 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 panes pane NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 53 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 55 advmod _ _ 54 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 56 that that SCONJ IN _ 60 mark _ _ 57 on on ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 58 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 60 det:predet _ _ 59 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 62 fairies fairy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 conj _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 64 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 67 case _ _ 65 like like ADP IN _ 64 fixed _ _ 66 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 67 cop _ _ 67 bound bound ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 conj _ _ 68 to to PART TO _ 70 mark _ _ 69 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 70 cop _ _ 70 out out ADV RB _ 67 ccomp _ _ 71 and and CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 72 about about ADV RB _ 70 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 73 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 74 and and CCONJ CC _ 75 cc _ _ 75 bent bend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 55 conj _ _ 76 on on ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 77 mischief mischief NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **make up** | could | the widow | widow's mind | | | night | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | | 2 | **go off** | to-infinitive | the widow *not said here* | | | | | to bed | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **leave** | infinitive | the widow *not said here* | fire | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **play** | gerund | the widow *not said here* | | | | | by the fireside | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **tug** | past · progressive | the wind | | | | | at the door | vn push-12-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent at door=Theme | | 6 | **rattle** | gerund | the wind *not said here* | the window panes | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent pane=Theme | | 7 | **know** | past | wind | | | | night | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **is** | past | wind *not said here* | | | | | bound *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **is** | to-infinitive | wind *not said here* | | | | | out *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **bend** | participle | wind *not said here* | | | mischief | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on mischief=Location | | 11 | **mind** | | widow | | | | | | nom mind «cognition 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:** «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/16/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/16/47/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/16/)