--- title: It was they who changed the little house you saw before you into the… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: It was they who changed the little house you saw before you into the fountain for which you are now asking, and, having turned me into a frog, they ordered me to say to the first person who came to the fountain exactly what I repeated to you. Who acts: control, you, having, fairies. 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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 (control, you, having, fairies), 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:pg640:12:33 # text = It was they who changed the little house you saw before you into the fountain for which you are now asking, and, having turned me into a frog, they ordered me to say to the first person who came to the fountain exactly what I repeated to you. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 11 before before ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ _ 13 into into ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 fountain fountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 obl _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ _ 21 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 csubj _ _ 26 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 27 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 into into ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 frog frog NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 parataxis _ _ 34 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 40 amod _ _ 40 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 42 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 fountain fountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 45 nmod _ _ 48 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 repeated repeat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 acl:relcl _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | control | | | | | change *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | past | you | the little house *not said here* | | the fountain | before you | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer house=Stimulus | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present · progressive | you | | | | now | for the fountain | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **have** | gerund | | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **turn** | past | having | me | | | | into a frog *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent i=Theme into frog=Result | | 6 | **order** | past | fairies *= fairy* | | me | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | fairies *= fairy* *not said here* | | the first person | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to person=Recipient | | 8 | **come** | past | the first person | | | the fountain | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to fountain=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **repeat** | past | I | | you | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | 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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/12/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/12/34/) - ↑ back to [The Donkey Cabbage, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/12/)