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title: Going to and fro about her work, she found herself frequently hinder… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
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# The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 36, sentence 16

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Going to and fro about her work, she found herself frequently hindered by a constant succession of cats who appeared one after another in the kitchen to inspect the new servant; she had one in front of her feet, another perched on the back of her chair while she peeled the vegetables, a third sat on the table beside her, and five or six others prowled about among the pots and pans on the shelves against the wall.

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**Who acts:** Lizina, constant succession, cats, five others · **What happens:** go, fro, find, hinder, appear, inspect · **To what, where:** Lizina, one, kitchen, new servant, front, another · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 36. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Lizina, constant succession, cats, five others), 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:pg2435:36:16
# text = Going to and fro about her work, she found herself frequently hindered by a constant succession of cats who appeared one after another in the kitchen to inspect the new servant; she had one in front of her feet, another perched on the back of her chair while she peeled the vegetables, a third sat on the table beside her, and five or six others prowled about among the pots and pans on the shelves against the wall.
1	Going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	fro	fro	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	frequently	frequently	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	hindered	hinder	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	ccomp	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	constant	constant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	succession	succession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nmod	_	_
20	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	21	nsubj	_	_
21	appeared	appear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	acl:relcl	_	_
22	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	21	obj	_	_
23	after	after	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	22	nmod	_	_
25	in	in	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
28	to	to	PART	TO	_	29	mark	_	_
29	inspect	inspect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	advcl	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
34	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj	_	_
35	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	parataxis	_	_
36	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	35	obj	_	_
37	in	in	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	41	nmod:poss	_	_
41	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
43	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	44	nsubj:pass	_	_
44	perched	perch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	35	conj	_	_
45	on	on	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obl	_	_
48	of	of	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
49	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	50	nmod:poss	_	_
50	chair	chair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	nmod	_	_
51	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	53	mark	_	_
52	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	53	nsubj	_	_
53	peeled	peel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	44	advcl	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	vegetables	vegetable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	53	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
57	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
58	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	59	amod	_	_
59	sat	sat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	appos	_	_
60	on	on	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
62	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	nmod	_	_
63	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
64	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	62	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	71	punct	_	_
66	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	71	cc	_	_
67	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	70	nummod	_	_
68	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	69	cc	_	_
69	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	67	conj	_	_
70	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	71	nsubj	_	_
71	prowled	prowl	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
72	about	about	ADV	RB	_	71	advmod	_	_
73	among	among	ADP	IN	_	75	case	_	_
74	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	75	det	_	_
75	pots	pot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	71	obl	_	_
76	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	77	cc	_	_
77	pans	pan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	75	conj	_	_
78	on	on	ADP	IN	_	80	case	_	_
79	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	80	det	_	_
80	shelves	shelf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	71	obl	_	_
81	against	against	ADP	IN	_	83	case	_	_
82	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	83	det	_	_
83	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	71	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
84	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | gerund | Lizina *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **fro** | infinitive | Lizina *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about Lizina's work | tree rules |
| 3 | **find** | past | Lizina |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 4 | **hinder** | participle · passive | a constant succession of cats | Lizina |  |  |  | frequently *property* | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Eventuality |
| 5 | **appear** | past | cats | one |  | the kitchen | after another |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location one=Theme |
| 6 | **inspect** | to-infinitive | cats *not said here* | the new servant |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent servant=Theme |
| 7 | **have** | past | Lizina | one |  | front of Lizina's feet |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient |
| 8 | **perch** | participle · passive |  | another |  | the back of Lizina's chair |  |  | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on back=Destination |
| 9 | **peel** | past | Lizina | the vegetables |  |  |  |  | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vegetable=Source |
| 10 | **prowl** | past | five others |  |  | the shelves |  | among the pots and pans; against the wall; about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among pot=Trajectory |
| 11 | **work** |  | Lizina |  |  |  |  |  | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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:** «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.

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