--- title: The old hag could stand the thirst no longer, and asked her husband… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The old hag could stand the thirst no longer, and asked her husband to go for a drink for her; the brats, she said, were of course running about and playing themselves, just as she had expected they would, little wretches that they were. Who acts: old hag, hag, brats, course. 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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, hag, brats, course), 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:pg640:42:127 # text = The old hag could stand the thirst no longer, and asked her husband to go for a drink for her; the brats, she said, were of course running about and playing themselves, just as she had expected they would, little wretches that they were. 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 5 nsubj _ _ 4 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 thirst thirst NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 no no ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 brats brat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 29 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 32 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 42 advcl _ _ 33 about about ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 playing play VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 conj _ _ 36 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 just just ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 39 as as SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 expected expect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl:relcl _ _ 43 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 wretches wretch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 appos _ _ 48 that that SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 49 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | could | the old hag | the thirst | | | | long *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thirst=Stimulus | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the old hag *not said here* | | hag's husband | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent husband=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the old hag *not said here* | | | | | for a drink; for hag | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for drink=Beneficiary | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | hag | the brats *not said here* | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent brat=Topic | | 5 | **is** | past | the brats | | | | | of course | tree rules | | 6 | **run about** | gerund | | | | | | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **play** | gerund | | cloak | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme | | 8 | **expect** | past · perfect · passive | course *not said here* | hag | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 9 | **be** | past | cloak | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «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 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/126/) - next →: [sentence 128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/128/) - ↑ back to [Prince Ring (30)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/)