--- title: Now the old woman was a witch, and said to the young lady, ‘There is… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Now the old woman was a witch, and said to the young lady, ‘There is a young man coming out of the wood who carries a wonderful prize; we must get it away from him, my dear child, for it is more fit for us than for him. Who acts: old woman, young man, wood, we. 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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, young man, wood, we), 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:pg2591:56:17 # text = Now the old woman was a witch, and said to the young lady, ‘There is a young man coming out of the wood who carries a wonderful prize; we must get it away from him, my dear child, for it is more fit for us than for him. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 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 7 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 16 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 18 expl _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 ccomp _ _ 22 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 21 acl _ _ 23 out out ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 28 carries carry VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 prize prize NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 33 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 away away ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 38 from from ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 for for SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 47 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 48 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 49 advmod _ _ 49 fit fit ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 parataxis _ _ 50 for for ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 obl _ _ 52 than than ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 for for ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the old woman | a witch | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is a** | present | | a young man | | | | to the young lady | tree rules | | 4 | **come out** | gerund | a young man *not said here* | the wood | | | | | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient wood=Result | | 5 | **carry** | present | the wood | a wonderful prize | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Theme | | 6 | **get** | must | we | prize | | | | my dear child *obl*; away *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 7 | **is** | present | wood | | | | | for us; than child; fit *property* | tree rules | 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:** «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 2591 (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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/56/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/56/18/) - ↑ back to [The Salad](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/56/)