--- title: Then the auld woman, who was a fairy, told him a great deal that who… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the auld woman, who was a fairy, told him a great deal that whould happen to him, and what he ought to do in a’ circumstances; and after that she vanished in an instant out o’ his sight. Who acts: auld woman, great deal, ’, woman. 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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 (auld woman, great deal, ’, woman), 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:pg503:56:46 # text = Then the auld woman, who was a fairy, told him a great deal that whould happen to him, and what he ought to do in a’ circumstances; and after that she vanished in an instant out o’ his sight. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 auld auld ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 11 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 iobj _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 16 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 17 whould whould AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 acl:relcl _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 11 parataxis _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 in in SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ’ ' NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 circumstances circumstance VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 after after ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 obl _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 vanished vanish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 instant instant NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 out out ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 42 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 45 case _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the auld woman and a fairy | a fairy | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the auld woman and a fairy | a great deal | man | | then | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient deal=Topic | | 3 | **happen** | | a great deal | | man | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **do** | to-infinitive | a great deal *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **circumstance** | present | a ’ | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **vanish out** | past | woman | | | a instant | after that | of man's sight | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **sight** | | man | | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/56/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/56/47/) - ↑ back to [The Red Etin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/56/)