--- title: But if you would like to take service with the old witch Corva, go s… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But if you would like to take service with the old witch Corva, go straight up the little stream which flows below my hut for about three hours, and you will come to a sand-hill on the left-hand side; that is where she lives.’ Who acts: you, little stream, that, Corva. 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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 (you, little stream, that, Corva), 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:pg640:31:40 # text = But if you would like to take service with the old witch Corva, go straight up the little stream which flows below my hut for about three hours, and you will come to a sand-hill on the left-hand side; that is where she lives.’ 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 13 Corva Corva PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 15 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 straight straight ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 17 up up ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 22 flows flow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 23 below below ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 about about ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 29 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 37 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 40 on on ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 42 left left ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 47 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 49 nsubj _ _ 48 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 49 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 51 advmod _ _ 50 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 lives live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **like** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | you | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | service | | | | with the old witch | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent service=Theme | | 3 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | the little stream | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme up stream=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **flow** | present | the little stream | | | my hut | hour | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme below hut=Location | | 5 | **come** | future | you | | | the hand side | | to a sand hill | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to hill=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **is** | present | that | | | | | where *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **live** | present | Corva | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/41/) - ↑ back to [The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/)