--- title: The lad was willing enough, so he sat down in the cleft of the rock… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The lad was willing enough, so he sat down in the cleft of the rock beside the old hag, and laid his head on her knees, and she combed his hair all day while he lay there and gave himself up to idleness. Who acts: lad, hag. 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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 (lad, hag), 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:pg540:49:14 # text = The lad was willing enough, so he sat down in the cleft of the rock beside the old hag, and laid his head on her knees, and she combed his hair all day while he lay there and gave himself up to idleness. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 willing willing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 enough enough ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 10 down down ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 cleft cleft NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 beside beside ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 hag hag NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 knees knee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 combed comb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 36 det _ _ 36 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl:unmarked _ _ 37 while while SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 40 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 advmod _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 43 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 42 iobj _ _ 44 up up ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 idleness idleness NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the lad | | | | | enough, willing *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **sit down** | past | lad | | | the cleft of the rock beside the old hag | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cleft=Location | | 3 | **lay** | past | lad *not said here* | lad's head | | hag's knees | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme on knee=Destination | | 4 | **comb** | past | hag | lad's hair | | | day | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient | | 5 | **lie** | past | lad | | | there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **give up** | past | lad *not said here* | | lad | | | to idleness | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent himself=Theme to idleness=Recipient | 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/49/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/49/15/) - ↑ back to [The Seven Foals](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/49/)