--- title: The Moon drew her cloak faster about and trembled, but she wouldn't… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The Moon drew her cloak faster about and trembled, but she wouldn't go back without seeing all there was to be seen; so on she went, stepping as light as the wind in summer from tuft to tuft between the greedy gurgling water holes. Who acts: Moon, goodwife. 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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 (Moon, goodwife), 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:pg14241:24:61 # text = The Moon drew her cloak faster about and trembled, but she wouldn't go back without seeing all there was to be seen; so on she went, stepping as light as the wind in summer from tuft to tuft between the greedy gurgling water holes. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 cloak cloak NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 7 advmod _ _ 7 about about ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 trembled tremble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 14 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 16 back back ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 without without SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 18 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 19 all all ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 20 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 21 expl _ _ 21 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 23 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 27 on on SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 stepping step VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 32 as as ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 light light ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ _ 34 as as ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 39 from from ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 tuft tuft NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 tuft tuft VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 43 between between ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 45 greedy greedy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 46 gurgling gurgling NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 47 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 48 holes hole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw** | past | the Moon | goodwife's cloak | | | | about *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloak=Theme | | 2 | **tremble** | past | the Moon *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **go back** | would | goodwife | | | | | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **see** | gerund | goodwife *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **be** | past | goodwife *not said here* | | | there | | all *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **see** | to-infinitive · passive | goodwife *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V» | | 7 | **go** | past | goodwife | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **step** | gerund | goodwife *not said here* | | | tuft | summer | light *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from tuft=Trajectory | | 9 | **tuft** | to-infinitive | goodwife *not said here* | | | | | between the greedy water holes | tree rules | 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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/24/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/24/62/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/24/)