--- title: Coming to the hedge and using the old man's wand, it divided, and le… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Coming to the hedge and using the old man's wand, it divided, and let her through; then, coming to the well, she had no sooner sat down than a golden head came up singing: Who acts: wand, lady, golden head. 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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 (wand, lady, golden head), 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:pg7439:49:18 # text = Coming to the hedge and using the old man's wand, it divided, and let her through; then, coming to the well, she had no sooner sat down than a golden head came up singing: 1 Coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 hedge hedge NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 using use VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 wand wand NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 divided divide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 18 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 through through ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 30 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 31 det _ _ 31 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 32 advmod _ _ 32 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 33 down down ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 34 than than SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 39 up up ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 singing sing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | gerund | wand *not said here* | | | the hedge | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to hedge=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **use** | gerund | wand *not said here* | the old man's wand | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wand=Patient | | 3 | **divide** | past | wand | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **let through** | infinitive | wand *not said here* | lady | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 5 | **come** | gerund | wand *not said here* | | | the well | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to well=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **have** | past | lady | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **sit down** | past | lady *not said here* | | | | | soon *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **come up** | past | a golden head | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | a golden head *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «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:** «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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/49/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/49/19/) - ↑ back to [The Three Heads of the Well](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/49/)