--- title: And when the poor Moon saw that he was coming nigher and nigher to t… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And when the poor Moon saw that he was coming nigher and nigher to the deep hole, further and further from the path, she was so mad and so sorry that she struggled and fought and pulled harder than ever. Who acts: poor Moon, help, light. 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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 (poor Moon, help, light), 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:pg14241:24:69 # text = And when the poor Moon saw that he was coming nigher and nigher to the deep hole, further and further from the path, she was so mad and so sorry that she struggled and fought and pulled harder than ever. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 ccomp _ _ 11 nigher nigh ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 10 xcomp _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 nigher nigh ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 11 conj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 further far ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 further far ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 19 conj _ _ 22 from from ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 so so ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 conj _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 struggled struggle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 fought fight VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 pulled pull VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 40 harder hard ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 39 advmod _ _ 41 than than ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the poor Moon | | | | | far *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **come** | past · progressive | help | | | the deep hole | | nigh *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to hole=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **is** | past | light | | | | | mad *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | | light *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **struggle** | past | light | | | | | | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **fight** | past | light *not said here* | | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **pull** | past | light *not said here* | | | | | hard *property* | vn slide-11.2 «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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/24/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/24/70/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/24/)