--- title: All I can tell you is that not far from here is a tower, where dwell… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: All I can tell you is that not far from here is a tower, where dwells an old witch, and it is she who knows the way, and she will only teach it to the person who promises to bring her the water from the fountain of many colours, which she uses for her enchantments. Who acts: I, All, tower, castle. 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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 (I, All, tower, castle), 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:pg3027:33:38 # text = All I can tell you is that not far from here is a tower, where dwells an old witch, and it is she who knows the way, and she will only teach it to the person who promises to bring her the water from the fountain of many colours, which she uses for her enchantments. 1 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 14 nsubj _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 acl:relcl _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 14 advmod _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 obl _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 17 advmod _ _ 17 dwells dwell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 18 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 only only ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 teach teach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 40 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 41 promises promise VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 44 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 47 from from ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 fountain fountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 colours colour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 56 obj _ _ 55 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 uses use VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 acl:relcl _ _ 57 for for ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 59 enchantments enchantment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | can | I | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 2 | **is a** | present | All | a tower | | | | far *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **dwell** | present | | a old witch | | | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme witch=Location | | 4 | **is** | present | tower | | | | | the way *obl:unmarked*; know *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **teach** *speech: other* | future | castle | tower | the person | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to person=Recipient | | 6 | **promise** *speech: promise* | present | the person | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **bring** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the person *not said here* | the water | castle | the fountain of many colours | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent she=Destination water=Theme | | 8 | **use** | present | castle | many colours | | | | for castle's enchantments | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent which=Theme for enchantment=Eventuality | | 9 | **enchant** | | castle | | | | | | nom enchantment «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/33/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/33/39/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/33/)