--- title: All that could be done the old witch did; but the fire that poured f… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: All that could be done the old witch did; but the fire that poured from her mouth never reached the fugitives, though it laid waste the country a hundred miles round the tower, like the flames of a volcano. Who acts: old witch, fire, mouth, volcano. 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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 (old witch, fire, mouth, volcano), 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:pg641:40:6 # text = All that could be done the old witch did; but the fire that poured from her mouth never reached the fugitives, though it laid waste the country a hundred miles round the tower, like the flames of a volcano. 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 2 det:predet _ _ 2 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 14 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 15 poured pour VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 16 from from ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 fugitives fugitive NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 though though SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 27 waste waste VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 ccomp _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 nummod _ _ 32 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 33 round round ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 like like ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 flames flame NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 appos _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 volcano volcano NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | could · passive | | that | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | past | the old witch | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **pour** | past | the fire | | | fire's mouth | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP.theme V PP.source»: agent=Theme from mouth=Source | | 4 | **not** **reach** | past | the fire | the fugitives | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent fugitive=Theme | | 5 | **lay** | past | mouth | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **waste** | infinitive | mouth *not said here* | the country | | | | round the tower | tree rules | | 7 | **flame** | | a volcano | | | | | | nom flame «process 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/40/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/40/7/) - ↑ back to [The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/40/)