--- title: One day, when he was in the wood gathering sticks and crying bitterl… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: One day, when he was in the wood gathering sticks and crying bitterly, a little old woman came up to him and asked him what was the matter; and he told her all his troubles. Who acts: creature, wood, little old woman. 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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 (creature, wood, little old woman), 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:pg7277:23:5 # text = One day, when he was in the wood gathering sticks and crying bitterly, a little old woman came up to him and asked him what was the matter; and he told her all his troubles. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 10 gathering gather VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 acl _ _ 11 sticks stick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 crying cry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 conj _ _ 14 bitterly bitterly ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 18 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 up up ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 iobj _ _ 27 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 30 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 35 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 iobj _ _ 36 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 38 det:predet _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 troubles trouble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | creature | | | the wood | | | tree rules | | 2 | **gather** | gerund | the wood *not said here* | sticks | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Theme | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | the wood *not said here* | | | | | bitterly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **come up** | past | a little old woman | | creature | | day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | a little old woman *not said here* | | creature | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 6 | **is a** | past | | the matter | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | creature | creature's troubles | woman | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient trouble=Topic | | 8 | **trouble** | | creature | | | | | | nom trouble «cognition transitive»: poss=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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/23/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/23/6/) - ↑ back to [The Magic Swan](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/23/)