--- title: But their mother used to warn them not to stray too far, telling the… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But their mother used to warn them not to stray too far, telling them that a wicked witch lived in the castle beyond the garden, adding, ‘She has ruined me, and she will do her best to ruin you.’ Who acts: mother, wicked witch, witch. 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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 (mother, wicked witch, witch), 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:pg640:29:26 # text = But their mother used to warn them not to stray too far, telling them that a wicked witch lived in the castle beyond the garden, adding, ‘She has ruined me, and she will do her best to ruin you.’ 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 warn warn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 stray stray VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 11 too too ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 telling tell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 iobj _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 adding add VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 ruined ruin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 ccomp _ _ 34 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 40 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 39 obj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 ruin ruin VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 csubj _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | past | creatures's mother | | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **warn** *speech: warn* | to-infinitive | creatures's mother *not said here* | | creatures *= creature* | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **stray** | to-infinitive | creatures's mother *not said here* | | | | | far *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | creatures's mother *not said here* | | creatures *= creature* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 5 | **live** | past | a wicked witch | | | the castle beyond the garden | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in castle=Location | | 6 | **add** *speech: assert* | gerund | creatures's mother *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **ruin** | present · perfect | witch | me | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 8 | **do** | future | witch | witch's best | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality | | 9 | **ruin** | to-infinitive | | you | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient | 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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/29/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/29/27/) - ↑ back to [The White Duck](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/29/)