--- title: He waited till he came to a well, and there he split it open, and ou… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He waited till he came to a well, and there he split it open, and out sprang a maiden seven times lovelier than either of the others, and she too said: “My heart’s love, I am yours and you are mine; do give me a glass of water.” Who acts: thing, woman, love, you. 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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, woman, love, you), 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:pg2435:1:64 # text = He waited till he came to a well, and there he split it open, and out sprang a maiden seven times lovelier than either of the others, and she too said: “My heart’s love, I am yours and you are mine; do give me a glass of water.” 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 till till SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 13 expl _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 split split VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 out out ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 sprang spring VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 21 maiden maiden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 22 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 23 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl:unmarked _ _ 24 lovelier lovely ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 19 xcomp _ _ 25 than than ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 either either DET DT PronType=Ind 24 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 too too ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 : : PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 36 “ " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ’s 's PART POS _ 38 case _ _ 40 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 44 yours your PRON PRP Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 ccomp _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 48 mine my PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ; ; PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 50 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 52 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 iobj _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ” " PUNCT '' _ 51 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | past | thing | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | past | thing | | | a well | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to well=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **split** | past | thing | well | | there | | open *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 4 | **spring** | gerund | thing *not said here* | | | | | lovely, out *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | woman | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | My heart's love | yours | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | you | woman | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | | a glass of water | woman | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient glass=Theme | | 9 | **love** *in a quote* | | My heart | | | | | | nom love «feeling transitive»: 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:** «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/1/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/1/65/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/1/)