--- title: ‘You see before you,’ said the old woman, ‘a mare and her foal; you… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘You see before you,’ said the old woman, ‘a mare and her foal; you have nothing to do but to lead them out to the fields every day, and to see that neither of them runs away from you. Who acts: You, old woman, neither. 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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, old woman, neither), 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:pg640:31:49 # text = ‘You see before you,’ said the old woman, ‘a mare and her foal; you have nothing to do but to lead them out to the fields every day, and to see that neither of them runs away from you. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 4 before before ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 mare mare NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 foal foal NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 22 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 21 obj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 acl _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 lead lead VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 28 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 out out ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 33 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 34 det _ _ 34 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 neither neither DET DT PronType=Neg 43 nsubj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nmod _ _ 43 runs run VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 ccomp _ _ 44 away away ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 45 from from ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present | You | | | | before you | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the old woman | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **have** | present | you | nothing | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient | | 4 | **do** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | nothing *not said here* | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **lead out** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | mare | | the fields every day | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to field=Destination | | 6 | **see** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **run away** | present | neither | | | | | from you; away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from you=Trajectory | 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/50/) - ↑ back to [The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/)