--- title: But when, after hard journeying, she reached the village where her b… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But when, after hard journeying, she reached the village where her brother dwelt, and saw that he had a wife and was happy, and when she, too, was sought by a young brave, then she also forgot the boy alone in the forest, and thought only of her husband. Who acts: girl, brother. 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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 (girl, brother), 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:pg640:25:16 # text = But when, after hard journeying, she reached the village where her brother dwelt, and saw that he had a wife and was happy, and when she, too, was sought by a young brave, then she also forgot the boy alone in the forest, and thought only of her husband. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 after after SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 compound _ _ 6 journeying journey VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 15 advmod _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 dwelt dwell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 ccomp _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 26 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 29 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 35 advmod _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 32 too too ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 sought seek VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 conj _ _ 36 by by SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 44 advmod _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 also also ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 alone alone ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 54 only only ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **journey** | gerund | girl *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **reach** | past | girl | the village | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent village=Theme | | 3 | **dwell** | past | girl's brother | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **see** | past | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **have** | past | brother | a wife | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Patient | | 6 | **is** | past | brother *not said here* | | | | | happy *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **seek** | past · passive | | girl | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 8 | **forget** | past | girl | the boy | | the forest | then | alone *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **think** *speech: other* | past | | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/25/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/25/17/) - ↑ back to [The Glass Mountain(16), part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/25/)