--- title: ‘I have forgotten my coarse comb,’ answered the wife, feeling in her… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘I have forgotten my coarse comb,’ answered the wife, feeling in her pocket, and as she spoke the coach changed into a withered faggot, and the man became a hoodie again, and flew away. Who acts: I, wife, coach, man. 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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, wife, coach, man), 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:pg3454:36:110 # text = ‘I have forgotten my coarse comb,’ answered the wife, feeling in her pocket, and as she spoke the coach changed into a withered faggot, and the man became a hoodie again, and flew away. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 forgotten forget VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 coarse coarse ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 comb comb NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 10 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 feeling feel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 conj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 coach coach NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 ccomp _ _ 26 into into ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 withered wither VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 amod _ _ 29 faggot faggot NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 hoodie hoodie NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 xcomp _ _ 37 again again ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 41 away away ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forget** | present · perfect | I | my coarse comb | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | | | the wife | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent wife=Eventuality | | 3 | **feel** | gerund | | | | | | in wife's pocket | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Theme in pocket=Attribute | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | wife | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **change** | past | the coach | | | | | into a withered faggot *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into faggot=Result | | 6 | **wither** | participle | | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **become** | past | the man | a hoodie | | | again | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **fly away** | past | the man *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=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 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 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/36/109/) - next →: [sentence 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/36/111/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/36/)