--- title: All the others then came to taste the porridge, and thought it nice,… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: All the others then came to taste the porridge, and thought it nice, but after they had finished it the old hag grew so thirsty that she could stand it no longer, and asked her daughter to go out and bring her some water from the river that ran near by. Who acts: others, old hag, hag, river. 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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 (others, old hag, hag, river), 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:pg640:42:113 # text = All the others then came to taste the porridge, and thought it nice, but after they had finished it the old hag grew so thirsty that she could stand it no longer, and asked her daughter to go out and bring her some water from the river that ran near by. 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 3 det:predet _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 taste taste VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 porridge porridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 17 after after SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 hag hag NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 thirsty thirsty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 xcomp _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 no no ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 iobj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 42 out out ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 45 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 47 det _ _ 47 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 48 from from ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 51 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 52 nsubj _ _ 52 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 acl:relcl _ _ 53 near near ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 54 by by ADP IN _ 53 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | all others | | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **taste** | to-infinitive | all others *not said here* | the porridge | | | | | vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme porridge=Attribute | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | all others *not said here* | porridge | | | | nice *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 4 | **finish** | past · perfect | others *= other* | porridge | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality | | 5 | **grow** | past | the old hag | | | | | thirsty *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **stand** | could | hag | porridge | | | | long *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 7 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the old hag *not said here* | | hag's daughter | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent daughter=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **go out** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the old hag *not said here* | | | | | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **bring** | infinitive | the old hag *not said here* | some water | hag | the river | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent she=Destination water=Theme | | 10 | **run** | past | the river | | | | | near *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/112/) - next →: [sentence 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/114/) - ↑ back to [Prince Ring (30)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/)