--- title: The time passed quickly away, and when the seven years were nearly e… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The time passed quickly away, and when the seven years were nearly ended two of them grew terribly anxious and frightened, but the third made light of it, saying, ‘Don’t be afraid, brothers, I wasn’t born yesterday; I will guess the riddle.’ Who acts: time, seven years, two, I. 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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 (time, seven years, two, I), 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:pg640:9:26 # text = The time passed quickly away, and when the seven years were nearly ended two of them grew terribly anxious and frightened, but the third made light of it, saying, ‘Don’t be afraid, brothers, I wasn’t born yesterday; I will guess the riddle.’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 away away ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 8 when when SCONJ WRB _ 14 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 12 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 ended ended ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 advcl _ _ 15 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nsubj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nmod _ _ 18 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 19 terribly terribly ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 anxious anxious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 xcomp _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 frightened frightened ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 26 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 28 amod _ _ 27 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 amod _ _ 28 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 36 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 cop _ _ 38 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 44 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 45 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 advcl _ _ 46 yesterday yesterday NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 48 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 guess guess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 riddle riddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 50 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass away** | past | the time | | | | | away, quickly *property* | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **is** | past | the seven years | | | | | ended, nearly *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **grow** | past | two of carriages | the third made light of light | | | | anxious *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **make** | participle | | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | two of carriages *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **is** | infinitive · do-support | | | | | | brothers *obl*; afraid *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **bear** | past · passive | | I | | | yesterday | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 8 | **guess** | future | I | the riddle | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent riddle=Theme | | 9 | **light** | | | light | | | | | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | 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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/9/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/9/27/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon and His Grandmother](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/9/)