--- title: But the old woman had suspected from the very first that the boy who… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But the old woman had suspected from the very first that the boy who had come to the rescue of her son was a girl in disguise, and told the genius that she was exactly the wife he needed. Who acts: boy, girl. 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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 (boy, girl), 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:pg641:39:9 # text = But the old woman had suspected from the very first that the boy who had come to the rescue of her son was a girl in disguise, and told the genius that she was exactly the wife he needed. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 suspected suspect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 very very ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 obl _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 14 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 acl:relcl _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 rescue rescue NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 advcl _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 disguise disguise NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 genius genius NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 iobj _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 36 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 ccomp _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 needed need VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **suspect** | past · perfect · passive | | the old woman | | the first | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute | | 2 | **come** | past · perfect | the boy | | | the rescue of woman's son | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to rescue=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **is a** | past | the boy | a girl | | disguise | | | tree rules | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | | | the genius | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent genius=Recipient | | 5 | **is a** | past | girl | the wife | | | | exactly *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **need** | past | boy | the wife *not said here* | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot wife=Theme | | 7 | **rescue** | | | woman's son | | | | | nom rescue «act 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 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/39/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/39/10/) - ↑ back to [The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/39/)