--- title: And so it happened; for one day an old woman came and bought a lot o… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And so it happened; for one day an old woman came and bought a lot of things--more than she could carry; so my wife, being a kindly soul, lent her the boy, and--we have never seen him since.’ Who acts: it, old woman, woman, wife. 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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 (it, old woman, woman, wife), 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:pg641:27:21 # text = And so it happened; for one day an old woman came and bought a lot of things--more than she could carry; so my wife, being a kindly soul, lent her the boy, and--we have never seen him since.’ 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ; ; PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 9 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 bought buy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 -- -- PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 18 amod _ _ 21 than than SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 27 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 cop _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 kindly kindly ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 35 lent lend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 36 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 41 -- -- PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 45 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 conj _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 since since ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | it | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **come** | past | a old woman | | | | day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **buy** | past | a old woman *not said here* | a lot of things | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Theme | | 4 | **carry** | could | woman | | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** | gerund | | a soul | | | | kindly *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **lend** | past | my wife | the boy | woman | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient boy=Theme | | 7 | **not** **see** | present · perfect | we | boy | | | | since *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | 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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/27/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/27/22/) - ↑ back to [The History of Dwarf Long Nose, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/27/)