--- title: It is now quite a year since the maiden was transformed into a water… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: It is now quite a year since the maiden was transformed into a water-lily, and, though she sings so sadly that anyone going over the bridge must hear her, yet no one comes to her aid. Who acts: thing, thrush, anyone, one. A sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Water-lily. the Gold-s --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/26/84/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [The Water-lily. the Gold-spinners](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/26/) / 84 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Water-lily. the Gold-spinners, sentence 84 It is now quite a year since the maiden was transformed into a water-lily, and, though she sings so sadly that anyone going over the bridge must hear her, yet no one comes to her aid. **Who acts:** thing, thrush, anyone, one · **What happens:** be, transform, sing, go, hear, come · **To what, where:** year, maiden, water lily, bridge, thrush, aid This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Water-lily. the Gold-spinners. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (thing, thrush, anyone, one), 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:pg503:26:84 # text = It is now quite a year since the maiden was transformed into a water-lily, and, though she sings so sadly that anyone going over the bridge must hear her, yet no one comes to her aid. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 4 quite quite ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 since since SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 transformed transform VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 advcl _ _ 12 into into ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 14 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 lily lily NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 though though SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 sings sing VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 sadly sadly ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 26 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 32 nsubj _ _ 27 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 acl _ _ 28 over over ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 37 det _ _ 37 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 aid aid NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | thing | a year | | | now | | tree rules | | 2 | **transform** | past · passive | | the maiden | | | | into a water lily *result* | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: subject=Patient into lily=Result | | 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | thrush | | | | | sadly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 4 | **go** | gerund | | | | the bridge | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme over bridge=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **hear** | must | anyone | thrush | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 6 | **come** | present | no one | | | thrush's aid | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to aid=Initial\_Location | 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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/26/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/26/85/) - ↑ back to [The Water-lily. the Gold-spinners](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/26/)