--- title: One old crone had a broad iron ladle in her hand, with which every n… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: One old crone had a broad iron ladle in her hand, with which every now and then she stirred the fire, but the moment she touched the glowing ashes the children rushed away, shrieking like night owls, and it was a long while before they ventured to steal back. 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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 (One old crone, crone, moment, fire), 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:pg641:2:6 # text = One old crone had a broad iron ladle in her hand, with which every now and then she stirred the fire, but the moment she touched the glowing ashes the children rushed away, shrieking like night owls, and it was a long while before they ventured to steal back. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 crone crone NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 broad broad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 ladle ladle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 obj _ _ 15 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 14 det:predet _ _ 16 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 stirred stir VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 touched touch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 glowing glow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 amod _ _ 31 ashes ash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 conj _ _ 34 rushed rush VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl _ _ 35 away away ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 shrieking shriek VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 38 like like ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 owls owl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 48 before before SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 49 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 ventured venture VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 advcl _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 steal steal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 xcomp _ _ 53 back back ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | One old crone | a broad iron ladle | | crone's hand | | | tree rules | | 2 | **stir** | past | crone | the fire | | | now; then | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus fire=Experiencer | | 3 | **touch** | past | the moment | the glowing ashes and the children | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ash=Co-Theme | | 4 | **glow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **rush away** | participle | | the children *not said here* | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **shriek** | gerund | the moment *not said here* | | | | | like night owls | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is a** | past | fire | a long while | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **venture** | past | children *= child* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **steal back** | to-infinitive | children *= child* *not said here* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/2/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/2/7/) - ↑ back to [A Tale of the Tontlawald](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/2/)