--- title: The flax seemed to spread and increase; and when she wove a carpet o… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The flax seemed to spread and increase; and when she wove a carpet or a piece of linen, or made a shirt, she was sure to find a customer who paid her well, so that not only did she feel no want herself, but she was able to help those who did. Who acts: flax, customer. 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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 (flax, customer), 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:pg7277:44:10 # text = The flax seemed to spread and increase; and when she wove a carpet or a piece of linen, or made a shirt, she was sure to find a customer who paid her well, so that not only did she feel no want herself, but she was able to help those who did. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 flax flax NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 spread spread VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 increase increase VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 wove weave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 carpet carpet NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 or or CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 linen linen NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 or or CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 shirt shirt NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 28 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 customer customer NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 paid pay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 35 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 38 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 44 mark _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 fixed _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 41 only only ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 42 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 parataxis _ _ 45 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 46 det _ _ 46 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 ccomp _ _ 47 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 but but CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 50 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 52 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 53 to to PART TO _ 54 mark _ _ 54 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 xcomp _ _ 55 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 54 obj _ _ 56 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 57 nsubj _ _ 57 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seem** | past | the flax | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 2 | **spread** | to-infinitive | the flax *not said here* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **increase** | infinitive | the flax *not said here* | | | | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **weave** | past | flax | a carpet or a piece of linen | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carpet=Product | | 5 | **make** | past | flax *not said here* | a shirt | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset shirt=Product | | 6 | **is** | past | flax | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **find** | to-infinitive | flax *not said here* | a customer | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent customer=Topic | | 8 | **pay** | past | a customer | flax | | | | well *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Asset | | 9 | **not** **feel** | past · do-support | flax | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 10 | **want** | present | flax *not said here* | flax | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot herself=Theme | | 11 | **is** | past | flax | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 12 | **help** | to-infinitive | flax *not said here* | those | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Beneficiary | | 13 | **do** | past | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/44/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/44/11/) - ↑ back to [Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/44/)