--- title: The old hag began now to long for the water, and said that the girl… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The old hag began now to long for the water, and said that the girl would be running about with the gold piece all over the plain, so she asked her son to go and get her a drop of water. Who acts: old hag, girl. 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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 (old hag, girl), 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:pg640:42:120 # text = The old hag began now to long for the water, and said that the girl would be running about with the gold piece all over the plain, so she asked her son to go and get her a drop of water. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 hag hag NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 17 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 aux _ _ 19 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 ccomp _ _ 20 about about ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 25 all all ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 26 over over ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 plain plain NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 so so ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 39 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 drop drop NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | the old hag | | | | | for the water; long *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **run about** | would · progressive | the girl | | | the plain | | with the gold piece; about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over plain=Trajectory | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | girl | | girl's son | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent son=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | girl *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **get** | infinitive | girl *not said here* | a drop of water | girl | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary drop=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 119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/119/) - next →: [sentence 121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/121/) - ↑ back to [Prince Ring (30)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/)