--- title: Wondering and frightened, the old woman thought at last that this li… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Wondering and frightened, the old woman thought at last that this little baby might be a son to her in her old age, and that he would grow up and in time to come be her comfort and support. Who acts: old woman, little baby, animal. 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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, little baby, animal), 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:pg3282:33:61 # text = Wondering and frightened, the old woman thought at last that this little baby might be a son to her in her old age, and that he would grow up and in time to come be her comfort and support. 1 Wondering wonder VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 advcl _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 obl _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 12 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 det _ _ 13 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 15 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 cop _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 ccomp _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nmod _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 23 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 31 up up ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl:unmarked _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 acl _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 cop _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 comfort comfort NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 support support NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund | the old woman *not said here* | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **frighten** | participle | the old woman *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the old woman | | | last | in widow's old age | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **is a** | might | this little baby | a son | widow | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **grow up** | would | animal | | | | time | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **come** | to-infinitive | animal *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is a** | infinitive | | widow's comfort and support | | | | | 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:** «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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/pg3282/33/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/62/) - ↑ back to [Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/)