--- title: ‘I would gladly stay with you longer,’ said Militza, ‘but a wicked w… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘I would gladly stay with you longer,’ said Militza, ‘but a wicked witch once cut off a lock of my hair when I was asleep, which has put me in her power, and if morning were still to find me here she would do me some harm, and you, too, perhaps.’ Who acts: I, Militza, girl. 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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 (I, Militza, girl), 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:pg640:30:39 # text = ‘I would gladly stay with you longer,’ said Militza, ‘but a wicked witch once cut off a lock of my hair when I was asleep, which has put me in her power, and if morning were still to find me here she would do me some harm, and you, too, perhaps.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 gladly gladly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 Militza Militza PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 14 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 20 advmod _ _ 20 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 parataxis _ _ 21 off off ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 lock lock NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 when when SCONJ WRB _ 30 mark _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 30 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 conj _ _ 35 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 41 if if SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 42 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl:unmarked _ _ 43 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 44 still still ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 advcl _ _ 47 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 46 advmod _ _ 49 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 52 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 iobj _ _ 53 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 54 det _ _ 54 harm harm NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 51 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 59 too too ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 61 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 51 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | would | I | | | | | with you; gladly, long *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with you=Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Militza | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **cut off** | participle · passive | | a wicked witch | | | | once *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | past | I | | | | | asleep *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **put** | present · perfect · passive | | | me | girl's power | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Asset i=Goal | | 6 | **find** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | girl *not said here* | me | | here | still; morning | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Topic | | 7 | **do** | would | girl | some harm | me | | | perhaps *property* | tree rules | 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/30/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/30/40/) - ↑ back to [The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/30/)