--- title: Now the sun set; the owl flew into a bush, and immediately an old, b… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now the sun set; the owl flew into a bush, and immediately an old, bent woman came out of it; she was yellow-skinned and thin, and had large red eyes and a hooked nose, which met her chin. Who acts: owl, old bent woman, woman, hooked nose. 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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 (owl, old bent woman, woman, hooked nose), 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:pg7277:41:21 # text = Now the sun set; the owl flew into a bush, and immediately an old, bent woman came out of it; she was yellow-skinned and thin, and had large red eyes and a hooked nose, which met her chin. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 set set NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ; ; PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 owl owl NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 into into ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 bush bush NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 14 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 15 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 16 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 bent bent 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 8 conj _ _ 21 out out ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 27 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 skinned skinned ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 35 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 36 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 hooked hook VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 amod _ _ 41 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 44 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 chin chin NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | past | the owl | the sun set | | | | into a bush *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into bush=Result | | 2 | **come out** | past | a old bent woman | owl | | | | immediately *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient it=Result | | 3 | **is** | past | woman | | | | | skinned *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | | woman *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **have** | past | the owl *not said here* | large red eyes and a hooked nose | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | | 6 | **hook** | participle | | | | | | | vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **meet** | past | a hooked nose | woman's chin | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chin=Co-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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/41/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/41/22/) - ↑ back to [Jorinde and Joringel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/41/)