--- title: He had seen the child start alone, and the villain was waiting to de… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He had seen the child start alone, and the villain was waiting to devour her; when at the same moment he perceived some wood-cutters who might observe him, and he changed his mind. Who acts: Friend, child, villain, wood cutters. 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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 (Friend, child, villain, wood cutters), 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:pg540:33:19 # text = He had seen the child start alone, and the villain was waiting to devour her; when at the same moment he perceived some wood-cutters who might observe him, and he changed his mind. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 start start VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 7 alone alone ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 villain villain NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 devour devour VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 18 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 19 at at ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 perceived perceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 25 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 28 det _ _ 26 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 cutters cutter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 29 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 30 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 observe observe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 acl:relcl _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past · perfect | Friend | the child | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **start** | infinitive | the child *not said here* | | | | | alone *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **wait** | past · progressive | the villain | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **devour** | to-infinitive | the villain *not said here* | villain | | | | | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 5 | **perceive** | past | Friend | some wood cutters | | | moment | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer cutter=Stimulus | | 6 | **observe** | might | some wood cutters | Friend | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Topic | | 7 | **change** | past | Friend | Friend's mind | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient | | 8 | **mind** | | Friend | | | | | | nom mind «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 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/33/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/33/20/) - ↑ back to [The True History of Little Golden Hood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/33/)