--- title: She was much amazed when she heard that all the wood was cut down, a… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She was much amazed when she heard that all the wood was cut down, and saw the axe unbroken in his hand, and since she could not believe that he had done all this by himself, she questioned him narrowly if he had seen or spoken to the black girl. Who acts: Fairy, Prince. 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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 (Fairy, Prince), 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:pg640:25:69 # text = She was much amazed when she heard that all the wood was cut down, and saw the axe unbroken in his hand, and since she could not believe that he had done all this by himself, she questioned him narrowly if he had seen or spoken to the black girl. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 much much ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 amazed amazed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 9 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 11 det:predet _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 ccomp _ _ 14 down down ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 unbroken unbroken ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 xcomp _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 26 since since SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 ccomp _ _ 35 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 36 det:predet _ _ 36 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 obj _ _ 37 by by ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 questioned question VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 narrowly narrowly ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 44 if if SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 advcl _ _ 48 or or CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 47 conj _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Fairy | | | | | amazed *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hear** | past | Fairy | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **cut down** | past · passive | | all wood | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 4 | **see** | past | | the axe | | | | unbroken *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer axe=Stimulus | | 5 | **not** **believe** | could | Fairy | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **do** | past · perfect | Prince | this | | | | by Prince | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality | | 7 | **question** *speech: other* | past | Fairy | | Prince | | | narrowly *property* | vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 8 | **see** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | Prince | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **speak** *speech: other* | participle | Prince *not said here* | | | | | to the black girl | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to girl=Co-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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/25/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/25/70/) - ↑ back to [The Glass Mountain(16), part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/25/)