--- title: Then the Count fell ill, and the Countess supposed that Renelde, wea… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the Count fell ill, and the Countess supposed that Renelde, weary of waiting, had begun her spinning anew; but when she came to the cottage to see, she found the wheel silent. Who acts: Count, Countess, Renelde. 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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 (Count, Countess, Renelde), 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:pg540:42:136 # text = Then the Count fell ill, and the Countess supposed that Renelde, weary of waiting, had begun her spinning anew; but when she came to the cottage to see, she found the wheel silent. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Count count NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Countess Countess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 supposed suppose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 12 Renelde Renelde PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 weary weary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 15 of of SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 16 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 begun begin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 ccomp _ _ 20 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 spinning spin VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 22 anew anew ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 25 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 cottage cottage NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 wheel wheel NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | past | the Count | | | | then | ill *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **suppose** | past | the Countess | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **wait** | gerund | Renelde *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **begin** | past · perfect | Renelde | pride | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Eventuality | | 5 | **spin** | gerund | Renelde *not said here* | | | | | anew *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **come** | past | Renelde | | | the cottage | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to cottage=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **see** | to-infinitive | Renelde *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **find** | past | Renelde | the wheel | | | | silent *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wheel=Topic | 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 135](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/42/135/) - next →: [sentence 137](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/42/137/) - ↑ back to [The Nettle Spinner](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/42/)