--- title: But the moment Childe Wynd had landed, the witch-queen's power over… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But the moment Childe Wynd had landed, the witch-queen's power over the Laidly Worm had gone, and she went back to her bower all alone, not an imp, nor a man-at-arms to help her, for she knew her hour was come. Who acts: Worm. 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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 (Worm), 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:pg7439:39:37 # text = But the moment Childe Wynd had landed, the witch-queen's power over the Laidly Worm had gone, and she went back to her bower all alone, not an imp, nor a man-at-arms to help her, for she knew her hour was come. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 Childe Childe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 5 Wynd Wynd PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 flat _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 landed land VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 15 over over ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 Laidly Laidly PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 Worm Worm PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 25 back back ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 bower bower NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 29 all all ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 alone alone ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 33 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 imp imp NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 38 cc _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 at at ADP IN _ 42 case _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 appos _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 acl:relcl _ _ 45 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 for for SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 48 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 parataxis _ _ 50 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 52 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux:pass _ _ 53 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **land** | past · perfect · passive | | the moment | | | | | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V ADVP»: subject=Destination | | 2 | **go** | past · perfect | | the witch queen's power | | | | over the Laidly Worm | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme over worm=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **go back** | past | Worm | a imp | | | | to Worm's bower *result*; alone *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to bower=Result | | 4 | **help** | to-infinitive | | | Worm | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary | | 5 | **know** | past | Worm | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **come** | past · passive | | Worm's hour | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=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:** «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7439 (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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/39/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/39/38/) - ↑ back to [The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/39/)