--- title: In the mountain there lived an old witch whom the queen knew well, a… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: In the mountain there lived an old witch whom the queen knew well, and she sent to her a trusty servant, asking that she find some way of getting rid of her stepson, who stood in the way of her own son. Who acts: queen, way, stepson. 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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 (queen, way, stepson), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg65965:18:126 # text = In the mountain there lived an old witch whom the queen knew well, and she sent to her a trusty servant, asking that she find some way of getting rid of her stepson, who stood in the way of her own son. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 5 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 obj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 13 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 trusty trusty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 ccomp _ _ 28 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 29 det _ _ 29 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 of of SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 31 getting get VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 29 acl _ _ 32 rid rid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 stepson stepson NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 38 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 44 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | past | | a old witch | | the mountain; there | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme witch=Location | | 2 | **know** | past | the queen | a old witch | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus | | 3 | **send** | past | Queen | a trusty servant | wife | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent servant=Theme to she=Destination | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | Queen *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **find** | infinitive | Queen | some way | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic | | 6 | **get** | gerund | some way *not said here* | | | | | rid *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **stand** | past | Queen's stepson | | | the way of Queen's own son | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in way=Location | 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 Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Project Gutenberg book 65965 (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 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/18/122/) - next →: [sentence 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/18/124/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/18/)