--- title: But this old crone knew the way no better than the others--it was ea… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But this old crone knew the way no better than the others--it was east of the sun and west of the moon, she knew that, “and you will be a long time in getting to it, if ever you get to it at all,” she said; “but you may have the loan of my horse, and I think you had better ride to the East Wind, and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/80/) [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/) / [East of the Sun and West of the Moon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/) / 80 # The Blue Fairy Book, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, sentence 80 But this old crone knew the way no better than the others--it was east of the sun and west of the moon, she knew that, “and you will be a long time in getting to it, if ever you get to it at all,” she said; “but you may have the loan of my horse, and I think you had better ride to the East Wind, and ask him: perhaps he may know where the castle is, and will blow you thither. **Who acts:** old crone, way, crone, you, I, horse · **What happens:** know, be, get, say, have, think · **To what, where:** way, that, long time, all, loan, better ride · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, East of the Sun and West of the Moon. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (old crone, way, crone, you), 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:pg503:4:80 # text = But this old crone knew the way no better than the others--it was east of the sun and west of the moon, she knew that, “and you will be a long time in getting to it, if ever you get to it at all,” she said; “but you may have the loan of my horse, and I think you had better ride to the East Wind, and ask him: perhaps he may know where the castle is, and will blow you thither. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 crone crone NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 no no ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 amod _ _ 10 than than ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 -- -- PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 16 east east ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 west west ADV RB _ 19 conj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 28 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 30 “ " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 33 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 cop _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 parataxis _ _ 38 in in SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 39 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 if if SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 44 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 46 advmod _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ _ 49 at at ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ” " PUNCT '' _ 50 punct _ _ 53 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ; ; PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 56 “ " PUNCT `` _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 but but CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 58 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 59 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 60 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 conj _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 loan loan NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obj _ _ 63 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nmod:poss _ _ 65 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 68 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ _ 69 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 70 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 71 nsubj _ _ 71 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 69 ccomp _ _ 72 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 73 amod _ _ 73 ride ride NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obj _ _ 74 to to ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 75 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 76 East East PROPN NNP Number=Sing 77 compound _ _ 77 Wind Wind PROPN NNP Number=Sing 73 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 78 , , PUNCT , _ 80 punct _ _ 79 and and CCONJ CC _ 80 cc _ _ 80 ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 69 conj _ _ 81 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 80 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 82 : : PUNCT : _ 86 punct _ _ 83 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 86 advmod _ _ 84 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 86 nsubj _ _ 85 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 86 aux _ _ 86 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 80 parataxis _ _ 87 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 86 ccomp _ _ 88 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 89 det _ _ 89 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 87 nsubj _ _ 90 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 87 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 91 , , PUNCT , _ 94 punct _ _ 92 and and CCONJ CC _ 94 cc _ _ 93 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 94 aux _ _ 94 blow blow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 86 conj _ _ 95 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 94 obj _ _ 96 thither thither ADV RB _ 94 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 97 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | this old crone | the way | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | way | | | | | of the sun; of the moon; east *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **know** | past | crone | that | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | future | you | a long time | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **get** *in a quote* | gerund | you *not said here* | | way | | | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to it=Result | | 6 | **get** *in a quote* | present | you | | way | | ever | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to it=Result | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | crone | | | all | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **have** *in a quote* | may | you | the loan of my horse | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loan=Patient | | 9 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 10 | **have** *in a quote* | past | you | better ride | | | | to the East Wind | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ride=Patient | | 11 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | infinitive | I *not said here* | | horse | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 12 | **know** *in a quote* | may | horse | | | | | perhaps *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 13 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the castle | | | | | where *property* | tree rules | | 14 | **blow** *in a quote* | future | horse *not said here* | you | | | | thither *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent you=Patient | | 15 | **loan** *in a quote* | | | my horse | | | | | nom loan «possession transitive»: of=patient | 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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/81/) - ↑ back to [East of the Sun and West of the Moon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/)