--- title: The old witch thought here was a good chance for her; so she took th… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The old witch thought here was a good chance for her; so she took the form of the lady in waiting, and, hurrying into the room where the Queen lay in her bed, called out, ‘The bath is quite ready; it will help to make you strong again. Who acts: old witch, good chance, chance, lady. 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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 (old witch, good chance, chance, lady), 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:pg540:10:88 # text = The old witch thought here was a good chance for her; so she took the form of the lady in waiting, and, hurrying into the room where the Queen lay in her bed, called out, ‘The bath is quite ready; it will help to make you strong again. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 6 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 in in SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 22 waiting wait VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 hurrying hurry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 csubj:pass _ _ 27 into into ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 33 advmod _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ _ 39 out out ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 41 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 bath bath NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 44 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 45 quite quite ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ; ; PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 xcomp _ _ 53 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 xcomp _ _ 55 again again ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the old witch | | | here | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **be** | past | a good chance for witch | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **take** | past | chance | the form of the lady | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Theme | | 4 | **wait** | gerund | the lady *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **hurry** | gerund | | | | the room | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into room=Destination | | 6 | **lie** | past | the Queen | | | Queen's bed | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in bed=Location | | 7 | **call out** *speech: assert* | participle | hurrying | | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is** | present | the bath | | | | | ready *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **help** | future | bath | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 10 | **make** | to-infinitive | bath *not said here* | you | | | again | strong *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product | | 11 | **form** | | | the lady | | | | | nom form «communication 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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/10/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/10/89/) - ↑ back to [Brother and Sister](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/10/)