--- title: All day she thought of nothing but how she should get rid of them; a… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: All day she thought of nothing but how she should get rid of them; and at last an evil idea came into her head, and she determined to send them out into the great gloomy wood where a wicked witch lived. Who acts: order, last, wicked witch. 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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 (order, last, wicked witch), 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:pg640:39:6 # text = All day she thought of nothing but how she should get rid of them; and at last an evil idea came into her head, and she determined to send them out into the great gloomy wood where a wicked witch lived. 1 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 obl _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 12 rid rid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 xcomp _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 nsubj _ _ 19 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 22 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 23 into into ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 determined determine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 out out ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 34 into into ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 36 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 37 gloomy gloomy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 39 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 43 advmod _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 43 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | order | | | | day | of nothing | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **get** | should | order | | | | | rid *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **come** | past | last | | | idea's head | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into head=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **determine** | past | order | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **send out** | to-infinitive | order *not said here* | children *= child* | | the great gloomy wood | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 6 | **live** | past | a wicked witch | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/39/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/39/7/) - ↑ back to [The Witch (28)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/39/)