--- title: And the Moon herself was so taken up with saving him, and with rejoi… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And the Moon herself was so taken up with saving him, and with rejoicing that he was back on the right path, that she clean forgot that she needed help herself, and that she was held fast by the Black Snag. Who acts: thing, light, Black Snag. 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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 (thing, light, Black Snag), 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:pg14241:24:75 # text = And the Moon herself was so taken up with saving him, and with rejoicing that he was back on the right path, that she clean forgot that she needed help herself, and that she was held fast by the Black Snag. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 nmod _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 up up ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 with with SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 saving save VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 rejoicing rejoicing NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 19 back back ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 clean clean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 acl:relcl _ _ 28 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 needed need VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 32 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 33 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 conj _ _ 40 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 39 advmod _ _ 41 by by ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 Black Black PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 Snag Snag PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take up** | past · passive | | the Moon light | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Destination | | 2 | **save** | gerund | | thing | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | thing | | | the right path | | | tree rules | | 4 | **clean** | infinitive | light | the right path *not said here* | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent path=Patient | | 5 | **forget** | past | | | | | | with rejoicing and the right path | tree rules | | 6 | **need** | past | light | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **help** *not said to happen* | infinitive | light *not said here* | light | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Beneficiary | | 8 | **hold** | past · passive | the Black Snag | light | | | | fast *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/24/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/24/76/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/24/)