--- title: But in the hut her mother was waiting for her return, and as she gre… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But in the hut her mother was waiting for her return, and as she grew impatient she said to her husband: ‘Get out the horses, old man, to go and fetch her home; but see that you are careful not to upset the sledge and lose the chest.’ Who acts: mother, you, fool. 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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 (mother, you, fool), 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:pg640:37:47 # text = But in the hut her mother was waiting for her return, and as she grew impatient she said to her husband: ‘Get out the horses, old man, to go and fetch her home; but see that you are careful not to upset the sledge and lose the chest.’ 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 17 impatient impatient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 xcomp _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 24 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 Get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 ccomp _ _ 26 out out ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 fetch fetch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 45 careful careful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 ccomp _ _ 46 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 48 advmod _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 upset upset VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 advcl _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 sledge sledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 conj _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 chest chest NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | past · progressive | fool's mother | | | the hut | | for fool's return | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hut=Location | | 2 | **grow** | past | mother | | | | | impatient *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | mother | | | | | to fool's husband | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to husband=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 4 | **get out** | infinitive | | the horses and old man | | | | out *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **go** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **fetch** | infinitive | | fool's home | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Theme | | 7 | **see** | infinitive | mother *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **is** | present | you | | | | | careful *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **not** **upset** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the sledge | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus sledge=Experiencer | | 10 | **lose** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the chest | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chest=Eventuality | | 11 | **return** | | fool | | | | | | nom return «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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/37/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/37/48/) - ↑ back to [The Story of King Frost (26)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/37/)