--- title: Well, the witch’s daughter heard about it too, and she came to see t… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Well, the witch’s daughter heard about it too, and she came to see the strange girl; and what did she find her doing but cutting out the pattern of a gown from brown paper; and as she cut away, the paper became the richest silk she ever saw. Who acts: daughter, girl, paper, gown. 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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 (daughter, girl, paper, gown), 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:pg3454:13:88 # text = Well, the witch’s daughter heard about it too, and she came to see the strange girl; and what did she find her doing but cutting out the pattern of a gown from brown paper; and as she cut away, the paper became the richest silk she ever saw. 1 Well well INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ’s 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 about about ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ 10 too too ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 25 obj _ _ 23 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 ccomp _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 cutting cut VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 conj _ _ 30 out out ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 pattern pattern NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 gown gown NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 from from ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 brown brown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 41 as as SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 advcl _ _ 44 away away ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 48 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 richest rich ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 51 amod _ _ 51 silk silk NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 xcomp _ _ 52 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 53 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 54 advmod _ _ 54 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | the witch's daughter | | | | | about body | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about it=Stimulus | | 2 | **come** | past | daughter | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **see** | to-infinitive | daughter *not said here* | the strange girl | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer girl=Stimulus | | 4 | **find** | past · do-support | girl | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent what=Attribute clause=Theme | | 5 | **do** | gerund | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **cut out** | gerund | | the pattern of a gown from brown paper | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector pattern=Eventuality | | 7 | **cut away** | past | girl | | | | | away *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **become** | past | the paper | the richest silk | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 9 | **see** | past | girl | the richest silk *not said here* | | | ever | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer silk=Stimulus | | 10 | **pattern** | | a gown from brown paper | | | | | | nom pattern «cognition intransitive»: of=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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/13/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/13/89/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/13/)