--- title: When Iwanich asked what his work, and how much his wages would be, t… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When Iwanich asked what his work, and how much his wages would be, the witch bade him follow her, and led the way through a narrow damp passage into a vault, which served as a stable. Who acts: Iwanich, vault. 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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 (Iwanich, vault), 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:pg640:31:47 # text = When Iwanich asked what his work, and how much his wages would be, the witch bade him follow her, and led the way through a narrow damp passage into a vault, which served as a stable. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 Iwanich Iwanich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 ccomp _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 10 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 wages wage NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 13 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 bade bade NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 follow follow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 21 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 through through ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 29 narrow narrow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 30 damp damp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 32 into into ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 vault vault NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 37 served serve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 38 as as ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 stable stable NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Iwanich | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | infinitive | Iwanich *not said here* | | | | | much *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **follow** | present | Iwanich | the witch bade | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 4 | **lead** | past | Iwanich *not said here* | the way | | a narrow damp passage into a vault | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent way=Theme through passage=Destination | | 5 | **serve** | past | a vault | | | | | as a stable | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as stable=Attribute | | 6 | **work** | | Iwanich | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/48/) - ↑ back to [The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/)