--- title: The old witch was more disgusted than ever when she saw him appearin… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The old witch was more disgusted than ever when she saw him appearing, and having set his supper before him she stole into the stables, and Iwanich heard her abusing the horses for not having hidden themselves better in the clouds. Who acts: witch, Iwanich. 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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 (witch, Iwanich), 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:pg640:32:14 # text = The old witch was more disgusted than ever when she saw him appearing, and having set his supper before him she stole into the stables, and Iwanich heard her abusing the horses for not having hidden themselves better in the clouds. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ 6 disgusted disgust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 than than ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 6 obl _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 appearing appear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 reparandum _ _ 17 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 supper supper NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 before before ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 stole steal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 24 into into ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 stables stable NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 Iwanich Iwanich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 31 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 abusing abuse VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 xcomp _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 35 for for SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 38 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 xcomp _ _ 39 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 38 obj _ _ 40 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 37 advmod _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **disgust** | past · passive | | the old witch | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **see** | past | witch | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **appear** | gerund | Iwanich | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **have** | gerund | | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **set** | past | | Iwanich's supper | | | before Iwanich | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent supper=Theme before he=Destination | | 6 | **steal** | past | witch | | | the stables | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **hear** | past | Iwanich | witch | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **abuse** | gerund | witch *not said here* | the horses | | | | | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme | | 9 | **not** **have** | gerund | witch *not said here* | | | the clouds | | well *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **hide** | participle | witch *not said here* | horses *= horse* | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/32/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/32/15/) - ↑ back to [The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/32/)