--- title: He thought the old woman took off all his clothes and wrapped him up… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He thought the old woman took off all his clothes and wrapped him up in a squirrel skin, and that he went about with the other squirrels and guinea pigs, who were all very pleasant and well mannered, and waited on the old woman. Who acts: scent, old woman, other squirrels. 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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 (scent, old woman, other squirrels), 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:pg641:26:78 # text = He thought the old woman took off all his clothes and wrapped him up in a squirrel skin, and that he went about with the other squirrels and guinea pigs, who were all very pleasant and well mannered, and waited on the old woman. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 7 off off ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 10 det:predet _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 6 obj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 wrapped wrap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 up up ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 squirrel squirrel NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 24 about about ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 squirrels squirrel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 guinea guinea NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 pigs pig NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 34 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 35 all all ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 36 very very ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 pleasant pleasant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 parataxis _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 40 advmod _ _ 40 mannered mannered ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 44 on on ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | scent | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **take off** | past | the old woman | scent's clothes | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme | | 3 | **wrap up** | past | scent *not said here* | scent | | a squirrel skin | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in skin=Destination | | 4 | **go about** | past | scent | | | | | with the other squirrels and guinea pigs; about *property* | vn confront-98 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with squirrel=Instrument | | 5 | **is** | past | the other squirrels and guinea pigs | | | | | all, pleasant *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **be** | | the other squirrels and guinea pigs *not said here* | | | | | well *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **wait** | past | scent *not said here* | | | | | on the old woman | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on woman=Location | 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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/26/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/26/79/) - ↑ back to [The History of Dwarf Long Nose, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/26/)