--- title: After a time she began to plan how to get her freedom, and at last t… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: After a time she began to plan how to get her freedom, and at last told him that she would consent if he would allow her to visit her son on earth three days on end. Who acts: Witch, shaking. 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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 (Witch, shaking), 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:pg640:47:59 # text = After a time she began to plan how to get her freedom, and at last told him that she would consent if he would allow her to visit her son on earth three days on end. 1 After after ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 plan plan VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 freedom freedom NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 obl _ _ 17 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 iobj _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 consent consent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 23 if if SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 allow allow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ _ 27 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 iobj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 visit visit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 30 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 nummod _ _ 35 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl:unmarked _ _ 36 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | Witch | | | | time | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **plan** | to-infinitive | Witch *not said here* | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Witch *not said here* | Witch's freedom | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer freedom=Stimulus | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Witch *not said here* | | shaking | last | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **consent** *not said to happen* | would | Witch | | | | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **allow** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | shaking | | Witch | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer she=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **visit** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | shaking *not said here* | Witch's son | | earth | on end; day | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Co-Agent | 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/47/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/47/60/) - ↑ back to [The Witch in the Stone Boat(31)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/47/)