--- 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 break 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:pg14241:24:17 # text = "Apple-tree, apple-tree, hide me, So the old witch can't find me; If she does she'll break my bones, And bury me under the marble stones." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 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 10 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 _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 11 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 13 So so ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 17 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 18 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 20 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 If if SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 And and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 bury bury VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 33 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 under under ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 marble marble NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** *in a quote* | infinitive | Apple tree and apple tree | girl | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 2 | **not** **find** *in a quote* | can | the old witch | girl | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Topic | | 3 | **break** *in a quote* | present · do-support | witch | my bones | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bone=Patient | | 4 | **bury** *in a quote* | infinitive | Apple tree and apple tree *not said here* | girl | | 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/24/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/24/18/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/24/)