--- title: But one day, when the Seven Big Women were out of the way, he bethou… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But one day, when the Seven Big Women were out of the way, he bethought him that the moment had come for him to carry off the sword, and, replacing it in its sheath, he hoisted it on his shoulder. Who acts: Seven Big Women, servant, moment. 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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 (Seven Big Women, servant, moment), 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:pg3027:7:82 # text = But one day, when the Seven Big Women were out of the way, he bethought him that the moment had come for him to carry off the sword, and, replacing it in its sheath, he hoisted it on his shoulder. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 Seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 8 Big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 Women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 10 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 11 out out ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 bethought bethink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 28 off off ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 replacing replace VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 41 advcl _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 sheath sheath NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 hoisted hoist VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 on on ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the Seven Big Women | | | the way | | | tree rules | | 2 | **bethink** | past | servant | face | | | day | | tree rules | | 3 | **come** | past · perfect | the moment | | | | | for servant | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **carry off** | to-infinitive | the moment *not said here* | the sword | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | | 5 | **replace** | gerund | servant *not said here* | Sword | | Sword's sheath | | | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme | | 6 | **hoist** | past | servant | Sword | | servant's shoulder | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on shoulder=Destination | 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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/7/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/7/83/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/7/)