--- title: She hoped that there was an end to the difficult tasks which had bee… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She hoped that there was an end to the difficult tasks which had been set her; but in this she was mistaken, for one day the old woman appeared suddenly in the kitchen, and said to her: Who acts: woman, end, this, old woman. A sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 10, wit --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/10/102/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Orange Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/) / [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/10/) / 102 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 10, sentence 102 She hoped that there was an end to the difficult tasks which had been set her; but in this she was mistaken, for one day the old woman appeared suddenly in the kitchen, and said to her: **Who acts:** woman, end, this, old woman · **What happens:** hope, be, set, appear, say · **To what, where:** difficult tasks, kitchen, woman · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (woman, end, this, old woman), 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:pg3027:10:102 # text = She hoped that there was an end to the difficult tasks which had been set her; but in this she was mistaken, for one day the old woman appeared suddenly in the kitchen, and said to her: 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hoped hope VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 5 expl _ _ 5 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 difficult difficult ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 tasks task NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 12 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl:relcl _ _ 16 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 nsubj _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 23 mistaken mistaken ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 nummod _ _ 27 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 32 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 : : PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hope** | past | woman | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **be** | past | a end to the difficult tasks | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **set** | past · perfect · passive | | the difficult tasks | | | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme she=Destination | | 4 | **is** | past | this | | | | | mistaken *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **appear** | past | the old woman | | | the kitchen | day | suddenly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in kitchen=Location | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | woman *not said here* | | woman | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/10/101/) - next →: [sentence 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/10/103/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/10/)