--- title: At length they set the stranger damosel to wark; and whenever she be… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At length they set the stranger damosel to wark; and whenever she began the stains came out pure and clean, but the auld wife made the knight believe it was her dochter had washed the sarks. Who acts: sarks, ’, auld wife, knight. 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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 (sarks, ’, auld wife, knight), 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:pg503:55:59 # text = At length they set the stranger damosel to wark; and whenever she began the stains came out pure and clean, but the auld wife made the knight believe it was her dochter had washed the sarks. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 damosel damosel NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 wark wark VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 12 whenever whenever ADV WRB PronType=Rel 14 advmod _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 stains stain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 17 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 18 out out ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 pure pure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 xcomp _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 auld auld ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 dochter dochter NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 washed wash VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 parataxis _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 sarks sark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | past | sarks *= sark* | the stranger damosel | | length | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent damosel=Theme at length=Destination | | 2 | **wark** | to-infinitive | sarks *= sark* *not said here* | the stranger damosel *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **begin** | past | ’ *= '* | the stains | | | | whenever *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stain=Eventuality | | 4 | **come out** | past | sarks *= sark* *not said here* | | | | | out, pure *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **make** | past | the auld wife | the knight | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **believe** | infinitive | the knight *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **wash** | past · perfect · passive | | stain | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary sark=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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/55/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/55/60/) - ↑ back to [The Black Bull of Norroway](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/55/)