--- title: When the boat could no longer be seen the child began to cry, and th… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the boat could no longer be seen the child began to cry, and though the Witch tried to quiet it she could not manage it; so she went below to where the King was sleeping with the child on her arm, and awakened him, scolding him for leaving them alone on deck, while he and all the crew were asle --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/47/24/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Yellow Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/) / [The Witch in the Stone Boat(31)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/47/) / 24 # The Yellow Fairy Book, The Witch in the Stone Boat(31), sentence 24 When the boat could no longer be seen the child began to cry, and though the Witch tried to quiet it she could not manage it; so she went below to where the King was sleeping with the child on her arm, and awakened him, scolding him for leaving them alone on deck, while he and all the crew were asleep. **Who acts:** Witch, King, spell · **What happens:** see, begin, cry, try, quiet, not manage · **To what, where:** boat, arm, spell, King, deck This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Witch in the Stone Boat(31). The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Witch, King, spell), 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:pg640:47:24 # text = When the boat could no longer be seen the child began to cry, and though the Witch tried to quiet it she could not manage it; so she went below to where the King was sleeping with the child on her arm, and awakened him, scolding him for leaving them alone on deck, while he and all the crew were asleep. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 8 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 5 no no ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 8 advmod _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 cry cry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 though though SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 quiet quiet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 manage manage VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 32 below below ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 to to SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 34 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 38 advmod _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 sleeping sleep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 awakened awaken VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 50 scolding scold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 47 advcl _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ _ 52 for for SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 53 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 50 advcl _ _ 54 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ _ 55 alone alone ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 56 on on ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 deck deck NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 59 while while SCONJ IN _ 66 mark _ _ 60 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 62 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 64 det:predet _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 crew crew NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 conj _ _ 65 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 66 cop _ _ 66 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | could · passive | | the boat | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **begin** | past | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **try** | past | the Witch | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **quiet** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Witch *not said here* | boat | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **manage** | could | Witch | boat | | | | | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 7 | **go** | past | Witch | | | | | below *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **sleep** | past · progressive | the King | | | Witch's arm | | with the child | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **awaken** | past | | spell | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location he=Theme | | 10 | **scold** | gerund | | spell | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 11 | **leave** | gerund | | King | | deck | | alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme on deck=Location | | 12 | **is** | past | spell | | | | | asleep *property* | tree rules | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/47/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/47/25/) - ↑ back to [The Witch in the Stone Boat(31)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/47/)