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title: Well, the days passed, and 't was the time for the new moon's coming… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: Well, the days passed, and 't was the time for the new moon's coming, and the folk put pennies in their pockets and straws in their caps so as to be ready for her, and looked about, for the Moon was a good friend to the marsh folk, and they were main glad when the dark time was gone, and the paths w
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# More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 10, sentence 97

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Well, the days passed, and 't was the time for the new moon's coming, and the folk put pennies in their pockets and straws in their caps so as to be ready for her, and looked about, for the Moon was a good friend to the marsh folk, and they were main glad when the dark time was gone, and the paths were safe again, and the Evil Things were driven back by the blessed Light into the darkness and the waterholes.

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**Who acts:** days, t, folk, Moon, folks, dark time · **What happens:** pass, be, come, put, look, drive back · **To what, where:** time, pennies, pockets, Evil Things, darkness

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This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, More English Fairy Tales, part 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (days, t, folk, Moon), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg14241:24:97
# text = Well, the days passed, and 't was the time for the new moon's coming, and the folk put pennies in their pockets and straws in their caps so as to be ready for her, and looked about, for the Moon was a good friend to the marsh folk, and they were main glad when the dark time was gone, and the paths were safe again, and the Evil Things were driven back by the blessed Light into the darkness and the waterholes.
1	Well	well	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	passed	pass	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
8	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	t	t	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
13	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
23	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
24	pennies	penny	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	obj	_	_
25	in	in	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	_
27	pockets	pocket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	obl	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
29	straws	straw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	conj	_	_
30	in	in	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	32	nmod:poss	_	_
32	caps	cap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	obl	_	_
33	so	so	ADV	RB	_	37	advmod	_	_
34	as	as	ADV	RB	_	37	advmod	_	_
35	to	to	PART	TO	_	37	mark	_	_
36	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	cop	_	_
37	ready	ready	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	advcl	_	_
38	for	for	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
42	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
43	about	about	ADV	RB	_	42	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
45	for	for	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	51	nsubj	_	_
48	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	51	cop	_	_
49	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
50	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	amod	_	_
51	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	conj	_	_
52	to	to	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
54	marsh	marsh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	compound	_	_
55	folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	61	punct	_	_
57	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	61	cc	_	_
58	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	61	nsubj	_	_
59	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	61	cop	_	_
60	main	main	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	61	amod	_	_
61	glad	glad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	parataxis	_	_
62	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	67	mark	_	_
63	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	65	det	_	_
64	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	65	amod	_	_
65	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	67	nsubj	_	_
66	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	67	cop	_	_
67	gone	gone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	61	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	73	punct	_	_
69	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	73	cc	_	_
70	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	71	det	_	_
71	paths	path	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	73	nsubj	_	_
72	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	73	cop	_	_
73	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	61	conj	_	_
74	again	again	ADV	RB	_	73	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
75	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	81	punct	_	_
76	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	81	cc	_	_
77	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	79	det	_	_
78	Evil	evil	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	79	amod	_	_
79	Things	Thing	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	81	nsubj:pass	_	_
80	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	81	aux:pass	_	_
81	driven	drive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	61	conj	_	_
82	back	back	ADV	RB	_	81	advmod	_	_
83	by	by	ADP	IN	_	86	case	_	_
84	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	86	det	_	_
85	blessed	blessed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	86	amod	_	_
86	Light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	81	obl	_	_
87	into	into	ADP	IN	_	89	case	_	_
88	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	89	det	_	_
89	darkness	darkness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	81	obl	_	_
90	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	92	cc	_	_
91	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	92	det	_	_
92	waterholes	waterhole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	89	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
93	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | past | the days |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | past | t | the time |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **come** | gerund | t *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **put** | past | the folk | pennies |  | folks's pockets and straws |  | in folks's caps | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent penny=Theme in pocket=Destination |
| 5 | **is** | to-infinitive | the folk *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for Ho; ready *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **look** | past |  |  |  |  |  | about *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 7 | **is** | past | the Moon |  |  |  |  | for a good friend; to the marsh folk | tree rules |
| 8 | **is** | past | folks *= folk* |  |  |  |  | glad *property* | tree rules |
| 9 | **is** | past | the dark time |  |  |  |  | gone *property* | tree rules |
| 10 | **is** | past | the paths |  |  |  | again | safe *property* | tree rules |
| 11 | **drive back** | past · passive | the blessed Light | the Evil Things |  | the darkness and the waterholes |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent subject=Theme into darkness=Trajectory |

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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.

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**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.

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