--- title: The other replied, ‘I do not know, certainly, where she is at presen… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The other replied, ‘I do not know, certainly, where she is at present, but in three nights from now she will come to the spring to wash her face, as she does every month when the moon is full, in order that she may never grow old nor wrinkled, but may always keep the bloom of youth.’ Who acts: I, tr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/5/36/) [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 Dragon of the North(2)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/5/) / 36 # The Yellow Fairy Book, The Dragon of the North(2), sentence 36 The other replied, ‘I do not know, certainly, where she is at present, but in three nights from now she will come to the spring to wash her face, as she does every month when the moon is full, in order that she may never grow old nor wrinkled, but may always keep the bloom of youth.’ **Who acts:** I, trouble, three nights, moon, youth · **What happens:** reply, not know, be, come, wash, do · **To what, where:** face, order, bloom This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Dragon of the North(2). The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, trouble, three nights, moon), 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:pg640:5:36 # text = The other replied, ‘I do not know, certainly, where she is at present, but in three nights from now she will come to the spring to wash her face, as she does every month when the moon is full, in order that she may never grow old nor wrinkled, but may always keep the bloom of youth.’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 replied reply VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 17 advmod _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 22 nights night NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 obl _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 wash wash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 as as SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 39 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 40 det _ _ 40 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl:unmarked _ _ 41 when when SCONJ WRB _ 45 mark _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 44 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 45 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 49 that that SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 50 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 51 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 52 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 53 advmod _ _ 53 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 acl _ _ 54 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 xcomp _ _ 55 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 56 cc _ _ 56 wrinkled wrinkle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 54 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 58 but but CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 59 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 60 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 61 advmod _ _ 61 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 bloom bloom NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obj _ _ 64 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 67 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | participle | | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **know** | present · do-support | I | | | | | certainly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** | present | trouble | | | | | present *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **come** | future | three nights | | | | spring | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **wash** | to-infinitive | three nights *not said here* | trouble's face | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Patient | | 6 | **do** | present | trouble | | | | month | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | present | the moon | | | order | | full *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **grow** | may | trouble | order *not said here* | | | | old *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location order=Theme | | 9 | **wrinkle** | participle | trouble *not said here* | | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 10 | **keep** | may | three nights *not said here* | the bloom of youth | | | | always *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bloom=Theme | | 11 | **bloom** | | youth | | | | | | nom bloom «process intransitive»: of=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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/5/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/5/37/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon of the North(2)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/5/)