--- title: When she saw that he was not eating at all, she asked him what he wa… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When she saw that he was not eating at all, she asked him what he wanted yet, to which he replied that he would neither eat nor drink until he knew who she was, or where she came from, or who had put her there. Who acts: window, Englishman. 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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 (window, Englishman), 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:pg640:45:29 # text = When she saw that he was not eating at all, she asked him what he wanted yet, to which he replied that he would neither eat nor drink until he knew who she was, or where she came from, or who had put her there. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 eating eat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 iobj _ _ 15 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 13 obj _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 18 yet yet ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 obl _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 neither neither ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 29 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 30 cc _ _ 30 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 31 until until SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 ccomp _ _ 34 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 obj _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 or or CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 41 advmod _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 42 from from ADP IN _ 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 or or CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 47 nsubj _ _ 46 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 conj _ _ 48 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 47 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | window | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **not** **eat** | past · progressive | Englishman | | | all | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | window | | Englishman | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **want** | past | Englishman | | | | yet | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 5 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Englishman | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to which=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **eat** | would | Englishman | | | | | neither *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **drink** | infinitive | Englishman *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **know** | past | Englishman | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer who=Stimulus | | 9 | **come** | past | window | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **put** | past · perfect | | | window | there | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/45/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/45/30/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Mountains](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/45/)