--- title: ‘Wait till it is dusk,’ said the old hag, ‘and then the King’s foals… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Wait till it is dusk,’ said the old hag, ‘and then the King’s foals will pass by this place again, and you can run home with them; no one will ever know that you have been lying here all day instead of watching the foals.’ Who acts: hair, old hag, you, one. 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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 (hair, old hag, you, one), 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:pg540:49:17 # text = ‘Wait till it is dusk,’ said the old hag, ‘and then the King’s foals will pass by this place again, and you can run home with them; no one will ever know that you have been lying here all day instead of watching the foals.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 3 till till ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 dusk dusk NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 hag hag NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 ‘ ‘ NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 16 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ’s 's PART POS _ 18 case _ _ 20 foals foal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ _ 21 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 23 by by ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 det _ _ 25 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 again again ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 32 home home ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 37 det _ _ 37 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 38 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 40 advmod _ _ 40 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 45 aux _ _ 45 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 ccomp _ _ 46 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 45 advmod _ _ 47 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 48 det _ _ 48 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl:unmarked _ _ 49 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=SCONJ 51 mark _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 49 fixed _ _ 51 watching watch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 advcl _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 foals foal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | hair | | | | till dusk | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **pass** | future | the old hag and ‘ and the King's foals | | | | again | by this place | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by place=Location | | 5 | **run** | can | you | | | | | with place; home *property* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with they=Material | | 6 | **know** | future | no one | | | | ever | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **lie** | present · perfect · progressive | you | | | here | day | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **watch** | gerund | you *not said here* | the foals | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foal=Theme | 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/49/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/49/18/) - ↑ back to [The Seven Foals](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/49/)