--- title: When this happens, only one of the nuns remains on guard at a time,… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When this happens, only one of the nuns remains on guard at a time, and if we are lucky enough to hit upon this moment, we may get hold of the vase at once; if not, we shall have to wait the arrival of the hermit, however long it may be; for there is no other means of obtaining the holy water.’ Who --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/40/64/) [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 Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/40/) / 64 # The Violet Fairy Book, The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 3, sentence 64 When this happens, only one of the nuns remains on guard at a time, and if we are lucky enough to hit upon this moment, we may get hold of the vase at once; if not, we shall have to wait the arrival of the hermit, however long it may be; for there is no other means of obtaining the holy water.’ **Who acts:** this, other, we, hermit · **What happens:** happen, remain, be, hit, get, have · **To what, where:** one, guard, hold, arrival, holy water, vase This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (this, other, we, hermit), 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:pg641:40:64 # text = When this happens, only one of the nuns remains on guard at a time, and if we are lucky enough to hit upon this moment, we may get hold of the vase at once; if not, we shall have to wait the arrival of the hermit, however long it may be; for there is no other means of obtaining the holy water.’ 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ _ 3 happens happen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 nuns nun NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 10 remains remain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 64 advcl _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 guard guard NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 if if SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 21 lucky lucky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ _ 22 enough enough ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 hit hit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 25 upon upon ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 det _ _ 27 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 parataxis _ _ 32 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 vase vase NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 at at ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 39 if if SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 42 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 parataxis _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 arrival arrival NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 hermit hermit NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 53 however however ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 54 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 44 advmod _ _ 55 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 56 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 57 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 54 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ; ; PUNCT : _ 61 punct _ _ 59 for for ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 61 expl _ _ 61 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 64 cop _ _ 62 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 63 det _ _ 63 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 nsubj _ _ 64 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 65 of of SCONJ IN _ 66 mark _ _ 66 obtaining obtain VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 64 advcl _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 68 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 69 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 71 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 64 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | present | this | one of the nuns | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **remain** | present | no other *not said here* | | | guard | time | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on guard=Location | | 3 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | we | | | | | enough, lucky *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **hit** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | | | | moment | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **get** | may | we | hold of the vase | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent hold=Theme at once=Asset | | 6 | **have** | shall | we | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **wait** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | the arrival of the hermit | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **is** | infinitive | | | | | | however, long *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **is** | present | no other | | | | | mean *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **obtain** | gerund | no other *not said here* | the holy water | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset water=Theme | | 11 | **hold** | | | the vase | | | | | nom hold «act transitive»: of=patient | | 12 | **arrive** | | the hermit | | | | | | nom arrival «act 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/40/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/40/65/) - ↑ back to [The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/40/)