--- title: “Stop a moment,” cried the old woman again, just as he was mounting… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Stop a moment,” cried the old woman again, just as he was mounting his horse, “take this napkin and this cake, and put them in your bag where you can get hold of them easily.” Who acts: old woman, Peter, 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 (old woman, Peter, 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:pg2435:27:106 # text = “Stop a moment,” cried the old woman again, just as he was mounting his horse, “take this napkin and this cake, and put them in your bag where you can get hold of them easily.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 7 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 again again ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 just just ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 mounting mount VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 “ " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 23 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 24 napkin napkin NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 det _ _ 27 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 38 advmod _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 39 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nmod _ _ 42 easily easily ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | moment | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the old woman | | | | again | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **mount** | past · progressive | Peter | Peter's horse | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient | | 4 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | | this napkin and this cake | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent napkin=Theme | | 5 | **put** *in a quote* | infinitive | | napkin | | your bag | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in bag=Destination | | 6 | **get** *in a quote* | can | you | hold of napkin | | | | easily *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hold=Stimulus | | 7 | **hold** *in a quote* | | | napkin | | | | | 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:** «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 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/27/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/27/107/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/27/)