--- title: And when they saw that, they were feared lest they shouldn't have ti… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And when they saw that, they were feared lest they shouldn't have time to work their will; and they caught hold of her, with horrid bony fingers, and laid her deep in the water at the foot of the snag. Who acts: Horrors. 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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 (Horrors), 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:pg14241:24:93 # text = And when they saw that, they were feared lest they shouldn't have time to work their will; and they caught hold of her, with horrid bony fingers, and laid her deep in the water at the foot of the snag. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 feared fear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 ccomp _ _ 10 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 13 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 15 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 acl _ _ 18 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 24 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 horrid horrid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 30 bony bony ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 fingers finger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 35 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 xcomp _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 40 at at ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 snag snag NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | Horrors *= horror* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **fear** | past · passive | | Horrors *= horror* | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 3 | **not** **have** | should | Horrors *= horror* | | | | time | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **work** | to-infinitive | Horrors *= horror* *not said here* | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **catch** | past | Horrors *= horror* | hold of Ho | | | | with horrid bony fingers | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Theme | | 6 | **lay** | past | Horrors *= horror* *not said here* | | | the water | | at the foot of the snag; deep *property* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in water=Destination | | 7 | **hold** | | | Ho | | | | | nom hold «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/24/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/24/94/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/24/)