--- title: Then a new idea struck the wicked old woman, and hiding herself behi… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then a new idea struck the wicked old woman, and hiding herself behind the rock which had sheltered the fugitives, she waited behind it, watching carefully for the moment when the Prince and her daughter should resume their natural forms and continue their journey. 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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 (new idea, woman, Prince, fugitives), 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:pg640:26:9 # text = Then a new idea struck the wicked old woman, and hiding herself behind the rock which had sheltered the fugitives, she waited behind it, watching carefully for the moment when the Prince and her daughter should resume their natural forms and continue their journey. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 hiding hide VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 13 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 12 obj _ _ 14 behind behind ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 sheltered shelter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl:relcl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 fugitives fugitive NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 25 behind behind ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 watching watch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 29 carefully carefully ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 40 advmod _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ _ 39 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 resume resume VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 41 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 natural natural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 forms form NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 continue continue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 conj _ _ 46 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strike** | past | a new idea | the wicked old woman | | | then | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent woman=Instrument | | 2 | **hide** | gerund | a new idea *not said here* | woman | | the rock | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent herself=Patient behind rock=Location | | 3 | **shelter** | past · perfect · passive | | the rock | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **wait** | past | woman | | | idea | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind it=Location | | 5 | **watch** | gerund | woman *not said here* | | | | moment | carefully *property* | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **resume** | should | the Prince and woman's daughter | fugitives's natural forms | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Eventuality | | 7 | **continue** | infinitive | the Prince and woman's daughter *not said here* | fugitives's journey | | | | | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent journey=Theme | | 8 | **form** | | fugitives *= fugitive* | | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **journey** | | fugitives *= fugitive* | | | | | | nom journey «act 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/26/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/26/10/) - ↑ back to [The Glass Mountain(16), part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/26/)