--- title: Now as time passed by and the lad did not return, the old hag grew u… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Now as time passed by and the lad did not return, the old hag grew uneasy, remembering the message "his blood shall be as your blood"; so she set off to see what had happened. Who acts: lad, old hag, message, hag. 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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 (lad, old hag, message, hag), 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:pg7128:19:56 # text = Now as time passed by and the lad did not return, the old hag grew uneasy, remembering the message "his blood shall be as your blood"; so she set off to see what had happened. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 2 as as ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 4 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 by by SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 9 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 hag hag NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 uneasy uneasy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 remembering remember VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 message message NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 25 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 26 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 cop _ _ 27 as as ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 " " PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 so so ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 35 off off ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 38 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 40 nsubj _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** | participle | | time *not said here* | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **return** | past · do-support | the lad | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **grow** | past | the old hag | | | | now | uneasy *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **remember** | gerund | the old hag *not said here* | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | shall | the message | | | | | as your blood | tree rules | | 6 | **set off** | past | hag | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **see** | to-infinitive | hag *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **happen** | past · perfect | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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:** «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7128 (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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/57/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/)