--- title: And they told two of the Will-o-the-wykes to take turns in watching… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And they told two of the Will-o-the-wykes to take turns in watching on the black snag, to see that she lay safe and still, and couldn't get out to spoil their sport. Who acts: Bogles, Ho. 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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 (Bogles, Ho), 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:pg14241:24:95 # text = And they told two of the Will-o-the-wykes to take turns in watching on the black snag, to see that she lay safe and still, and couldn't get out to spoil their sport. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 7 Will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 13 case _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 wykes wyke NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 iobj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 16 turns turn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 17 in in SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 18 watching watch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 snag snag NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 29 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 xcomp _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 still still ADV RB _ 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 35 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 37 out out ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 spoil spoil VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 40 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 sport sport NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Bogles *= bogle* | | the two wykes | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent wyke=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Bogles *= bogle* *not said here* | turns | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=Theme | | 3 | **watch** | gerund | Bogles *= bogle* *not said here* | | | the black snag | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on snag=Location | | 4 | **see** | to-infinitive | Bogles *= bogle* *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **lie** | past | Ho | | | | | safe *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **get out** | could | | | | | | out *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **spoil** | to-infinitive | | Bogles's sport | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **sport** | | Bogles *= bogle* | | | | | | nom sport «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/24/94/) - next →: [sentence 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/24/96/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/24/)