--- title: This time she cracked the nut as soon as she came near the place whe… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This time she cracked the nut as soon as she came near the place where the spirits appeared, and what then happened to them she could not see, but amid wild screams and howls the contract was handed to her at the end of a long branch. Who acts: Spirit, spirits. 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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 (Spirit, spirits), 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:pg5615:33:98 # text = This time she cracked the nut as soon as she came near the place where the spirits appeared, and what then happened to them she could not see, but amid wild screams and howls the contract was handed to her at the end of a long branch. 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 cracked crack VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 nut nut NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 as as ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 12 near near ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 18 advmod _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 spirits spirit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 18 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 23 nsubj _ _ 22 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 23 advmod _ _ 23 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 amid amid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 33 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 screams scream NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 howls howl VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 contract contract NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 handed hand VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 ccomp _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ _ 43 at at ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 branch branch NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **crack** | past | Spirit | the nut | | | time | amid wild screams *obl*; soon *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location nut=Theme | | 2 | **come** | past | Spirit | | | the place | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near place=Location | | 3 | **appear** | past | the spirits | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **happen** | past | | | nuts *= nut* | | then | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **not** **see** | could | Spirit | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **howl** | present | Spirit *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **hand** | past · passive | | the contract | Spirit | | at the end of a long branch | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to she=Destination | 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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/33/97/) - next →: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/33/99/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/33/)