--- title: Scarcely eight moons had passed when, just as he had said, the wife… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Scarcely eight moons had passed when, just as he had said, the wife went forth, and followed her husband; but before leaving her children she bade the two elder ones think of their promise never to forsake the younger, for he was a child, and weak. Who acts: hunter, wife, two elder ones, promise. 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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 (hunter, wife, two elder ones, promise), 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:pg640:25:7 # text = Scarcely eight moons had passed when, just as he had said, the wife went forth, and followed her husband; but before leaving her children she bade the two elder ones think of their promise never to forsake the younger, for he was a child, and weak. 1 Scarcely scarcely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 moons moon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 just just ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 17 forth forth ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 25 before before SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 26 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 27 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 bade bade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 32 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nummod _ _ 33 elder elder ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 35 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 parataxis _ _ 36 of of SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 37 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 39 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 forsake forsake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 ccomp _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 younger young ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 47 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 weak weak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** | past · perfect · passive | | Scarcely eight moons | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | hunter | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **go** | past | the wife | | | | | forth *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **follow** | past | the wife *not said here* | wife's husband | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Theme | | 5 | **leave** | gerund | wife *not said here* | wife's children | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme | | 6 | **bade** | past | wife | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* | present | the two elder ones | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 8 | **not** **forsake** | to-infinitive | children's promise | the younger | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **is** | past | hunter | | | | | for a child | tree rules | | 10 | **promise** | | children *= child* | | | | | | nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/25/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/25/8/) - ↑ back to [The Glass Mountain(16), part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/25/)