--- title: So the old witch went after her and caught her, she took all the mon… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So the old witch went after her and caught her, she took all the money away from her, beat her, and sent her off home just as she was. Who acts: old witch, tree. 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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 (old witch, tree), 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:pg14241:24:22 # text = So the old witch went after her and caught her, she took all the money away from her, beat her, and sent her off home just as she was. 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 after after ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 14 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 16 det:predet _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 away away ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 18 from from ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 beat beat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 22 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 26 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 off off ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 28 home home ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 29 just just ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 30 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | the old witch | | | | after tree | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **catch** | past | the old witch *not said here* | tree | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 3 | **take** | past | tree | all money | | | | from witch; away *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent money=Theme from she=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **beat** | past | tree *not said here* | tree | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location she=Theme | | 5 | **send off** | past | tree *not said here* | tree | | | | home *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 6 | **be** | past | tree | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/24/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/24/23/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/24/)