--- title: When the three witches beheld the chariot, with the frog seated pomp… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the three witches beheld the chariot, with the frog seated pompously among the cushions, they broke into such fits of laughter that the eyelids of the blind one burst open, and she recovered her sight; the hunchback rolled about on the ground in merriment till her back became straight, and in a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/36/61/) [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 Violet Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/) / [The Frog](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/36/) / 61 # The Violet Fairy Book, The Frog, sentence 61 When the three witches beheld the chariot, with the frog seated pompously among the cushions, they broke into such fits of laughter that the eyelids of the blind one burst open, and she recovered her sight; the hunchback rolled about on the ground in merriment till her back became straight, and in a roar of laughter the thorn fell out of the throat of the third witch. **Who acts:** frog, witches, third, hunchback, back, thorn · **What happens:** behold, seat, break, recover, roll about, become · **To what, where:** three witches, such fits, sight, ground, roar This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Frog. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (frog, witches, third, hunchback), 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:pg641:36:61 # text = When the three witches beheld the chariot, with the frog seated pompously among the cushions, they broke into such fits of laughter that the eyelids of the blind one burst open, and she recovered her sight; the hunchback rolled about on the ground in merriment till her back became straight, and in a roar of laughter the thorn fell out of the throat of the third witch. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 witches witch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 beheld behold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 advcl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 chariot chariot NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 with with SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 frog frog NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 seated seat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 13 pompously pompously ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 among among ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 cushions cushion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 into into ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 fits fit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 laughter laughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 25 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 eyelids eyelid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 30 blind blind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 31 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 burst burst NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 33 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 recovered recover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 hunchback hunchback NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 43 rolled roll VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 44 about about ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 45 on on ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 merriment merriment NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 50 till till SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 51 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 53 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 advcl _ _ 54 straight straight ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 57 in in ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 roar roar NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 laughter laughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nmod _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 thorn thorn NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 nsubj _ _ 64 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 65 out out ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 66 of of ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 throat throat NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ _ 69 of of ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 71 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 72 amod _ _ 72 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **behold** | participle · passive | | the three witches | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **seat** | past | the frog | | | | | among the cushions; pompously *property* | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location | | 3 | **break** | past | witches *= witch* | | | | | into such fits of laughter *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into fit=Result | | 4 | **recover** | past | third | third's sight | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Theme | | 5 | **roll about** | past | the hunchback | | | the ground in merriment | | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on ground=Trajectory | | 6 | **become** | past | third's back | | | | | straight *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **fall** | past | the thorn | | | a roar of laughter | | out the throat of the third witch | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in roar=Location | | 8 | **sight** | | third | | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **roar** | | laughter | | | | | | nom roar «event 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 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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/36/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/36/62/) - ↑ back to [The Frog](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/36/)