--- title: When the witch came up to it, it took her a long time before she fou… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the witch came up to it, it took her a long time before she found a place which she could ford over on her broom-stick; but at last she got across, and continued the chase faster than before. Who acts: witch, it, place. 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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, it, place), 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:pg640:39:70 # text = When the witch came up to it, it took her a long time before she found a place which she could ford over on her broom-stick; but at last she got across, and continued the chase faster than before. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 5 up up ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 15 before before SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 ford ford VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 acl:relcl _ _ 24 over over ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 27 broom broom NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 obl _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 36 across across ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 chase chase NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 39 advmod _ _ 43 than than ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 before before ADV RB _ 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come up** | past | the witch | | | broom | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to it=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **take** | past | it | | witch | | time | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination | | 3 | **find** | past | witch | a place | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Topic | | 4 | **ford over** | could | a place | | | witch's broom stick | | over *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **get** | past | witch | | | last | | across *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **continue** | past | | the chase | | | | fast *property* | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent chase=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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/39/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/39/71/) - ↑ back to [The Witch (28)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/39/)