--- title: "Apple-tree, apple-tree hide me, So the old witch can't find me; If… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "Apple-tree, apple-tree hide me, So the old witch can't find me; If she does she'll pick my bones, And bury me under the marble stones." Who acts: Apple tree, old witch, Witch. 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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 (Apple tree, old witch, Witch), 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:pg14241:23:102 # text = "Apple-tree, apple-tree hide me, So the old witch can't find me; If she does she'll pick my bones, And bury me under the marble stones." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Apple Apple PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 9 hide hide VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 12 So so ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 16 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 17 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 19 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 If if SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 pick pick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ _ 27 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 And and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 bury bury VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 32 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 under under ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 marble marble NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** *in a quote* | present | Apple tree and apple tree | Witch | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 2 | **not** **find** *in a quote* | can | the old witch | Witch | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Topic | | 3 | **pick** *in a quote* | present · do-support | Witch | my bones | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Patient | | 4 | **bury** *in a quote* | infinitive | | Witch | | the marble stones | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme under stone=Destination | 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 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/23/101/) - next →: [sentence 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/23/103/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/23/)