--- title: When he beheld the old woman flinging her arms wildly about, and hea… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When he beheld the old woman flinging her arms wildly about, and heard her scream that she would not leave the place till she had laid her case before the King, he ordered that she should be brought into his presence. Who acts: King, old woman, woman. 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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 (King, old woman, woman), 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:pg640:33:93 # text = When he beheld the old woman flinging her arms wildly about, and heard her scream that she would not leave the place till she had laid her case before the King, he ordered that she should be brought into his presence. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 beheld behold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 flinging fling VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 wildly wildly ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 about about ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 scream scream NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 till till SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 laid lay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 before before ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 ccomp _ _ 41 into into ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **behold** | past | King | the old woman | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer woman=Stimulus | | 2 | **fling** | gerund | the old woman *not said here* | woman's arms | | | | about *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme | | 3 | **hear** | past | King *not said here* | woman's scream | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **leave** | would | woman | the place | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme | | 5 | **lay** | past · perfect | woman | woman's case | | | before the King | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent case=Theme before king=Destination | | 6 | **order** | past | King | | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **bring** | should · passive | | woman | | King's presence | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme into presence=Destination | | 8 | **scream** | | woman | | | | | | nom scream «communication 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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/33/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/33/94/) - ↑ back to [The Magic Ring](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/33/)