--- title: Then the old woman began to flatter him, and to praise his clevernes… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the old woman began to flatter him, and to praise his cleverness; and when she thought she had got him into a good temper, she said: “I have wondered so often where you get your strength from; I do wish you would tell me. Who acts: old woman, woman, 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, woman, 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:pg2435:8:61 # text = Then the old woman began to flatter him, and to praise his cleverness; and when she thought she had got him into a good temper, she said: “I have wondered so often where you get your strength from; I do wish you would tell me. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 flatter flatter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 praise praise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 cleverness cleverness NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 17 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 ccomp _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 into into ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 temper temper NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 : : PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 32 “ " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 wondered wonder VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 ccomp _ _ 36 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 often often ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 38 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 40 advmod _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 41 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 from from ADP IN _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ; ; PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 wish wish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 48 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 conj _ _ 51 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | the old woman | | | | then | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **flatter** | to-infinitive | the old woman *not said here* | Dragon | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 3 | **praise** | to-infinitive | the old woman *not said here* | Dragon's cleverness | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cleverness=Theme | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past | woman | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **get** | past · perfect | woman | Dragon | | a good temper | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | woman | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **wonder** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | present · perfect | woman | | | | | often *property* | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **get** *in a quote* | present | you | your strength | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer strength=Stimulus | | 9 | **wish** *in a quote* | present · do-support | woman | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 10 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | would | you | | woman | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | 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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/8/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/8/62/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/8/)