--- title: The witch came panting up, furious at having lost the race which she… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The witch came panting up, furious at having lost the race which she felt certain of winning; and Ball-Carrier, who had by this time changed back into his own shape, struck her on the head and killed her. Who acts: witch, race, Ball. 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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 (witch, race, Ball), 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:pg3282:7:104 # text = The witch came panting up, furious at having lost the race which she felt certain of winning; and Ball-Carrier, who had by this time changed back into his own shape, struck her on the head and killed her. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 panting pant VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 furious furious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 8 at at SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 aux _ _ 10 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 16 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ _ 17 of of SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 18 winning win VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 21 Ball Ball PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 Carrier Carrier PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 27 by by ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 29 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 31 back back ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 into into ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 38 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 44 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the witch | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pant up** | gerund | the witch *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **lose** | gerund · perfect | the witch *not said here* | the race | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent race=Eventuality | | 4 | **feel** | past | the race | | | | | certain *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **win** | gerund | the race *not said here* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **have** | past | Ball and Carrier | | | | time | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **change back** | past | Ball and Carrier | | | | | into Carrier's own shape *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into shape=Result | | 8 | **strike** | past | | witch | | | | on the head | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent she=Instrument on head=Patient | | 9 | **kill** | past | | witch | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | 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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/7/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/7/105/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/7/)