--- title: The other widow and her son heard of a’ that had happened frae a fai… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The other widow and her son heard of a’ that had happened frae a fairy, and the young man determined that he would also go upon his travels, and see if he could do anything to relieve his twa friends. Who acts: other widow, ’, young man, 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 (other widow, ’, young man, 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:pg503:56:39 # text = The other widow and her son heard of a’ that had happened frae a fairy, and the young man determined that he would also go upon his travels, and see if he could do anything to relieve his twa friends. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 widow widow NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 7 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’ ' NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 acl:relcl _ _ 14 frae frae X FW Foreign=Yes 16 dep _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 determined determine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 also also ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 ccomp _ _ 28 upon upon SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 travels travel VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 34 if if SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 ccomp _ _ 38 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 37 obj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 relieve relieve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 acl _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 twa twa NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | the other widow and other's son | | | | | of a ’ | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of '=Stimulus | | 2 | **happen** | past · perfect | a ’ | a fairy | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **determine** | past | the young man | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **go** | would | man | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **travel** | present | man *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **see** | infinitive | the other widow and other's son *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **do** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | man | anything | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality | | 8 | **relieve** | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | man's twa friends | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus friend=Experiencer | 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/56/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/56/40/) - ↑ back to [The Red Etin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/56/)