--- title: It was she who had caused the disappearance of the courtiers, for wh… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: It was she who had caused the disappearance of the courtiers, for which no one could account, by eating them during the night, and she hoped to get rid of all the people in the country, and then to fill the land with ogres and ogresses like herself. Who acts: one, ogress, courtiers. 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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 (one, ogress, courtiers), 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:pg2435:24:11 # text = It was she who had caused the disappearance of the courtiers, for which no one could account, by eating them during the night, and she hoped to get rid of all the people in the country, and then to fill the land with ogres and ogresses like herself. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 caused cause VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 disappearance disappearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 courtiers courtier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 obl _ _ 15 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 16 det _ _ 16 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 17 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 by by SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 21 eating eat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 during during ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 hoped hope VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 ccomp _ _ 32 rid rid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 36 det:predet _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 44 advmod _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 fill fill VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 with with ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 ogres ogre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 ogresses ogress NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 conj _ _ 51 like like ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cause** | past · perfect · passive | | ship | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Theme disappearance=Eventuality | | 2 | **account** | could | no one | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **eat** | gerund | | courtiers *= courtier* | | | night | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 4 | **hope** | past | ogress | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | rid *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **fill** | to-infinitive | | the land | | | then | with ogres and ogresses like ogress | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent land=Patient with ogre=Instrument | | 7 | **disappear** | | the courtiers | | | | | | nom disappearance «act intransitive»: of=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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/24/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/24/12/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/24/)