--- title: Well, she goes on till she came to a town, and it being market-day,… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Well, she goes on till she came to a town, and it being market-day, the people looked at her, and, seeing such a mangy face, and hearing such a squeaky voice, all fled but a poor country cobbler. Who acts: third, town, people. 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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 (third, town, people), 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:pg7439:49:53 # text = Well, she goes on till she came to a town, and it being market-day, the people looked at her, and, seeing such a mangy face, and hearing such a squeaky voice, all fled but a poor country cobbler. 1 Well well INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 till till SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 15 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 cop _ _ 16 market market NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj _ _ 22 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 42 advcl _ _ 29 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 32 det:predet _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 mangy mangy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 hearing hearing NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 36 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 39 det:predet _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 squeaky squeaky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 42 advmod _ _ 42 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 43 but but CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 45 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 46 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 47 cobbler cobbler NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go on** | present | third | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **come** | past | third | | | a town | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to town=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **is a** | gerund | town | market day | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **look** | past | the people | market day *not said here* | | | | at third | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme day=Attribute | | 5 | **see** | gerund | | such mangy face | | | | such squeaky voice *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus | | 6 | **flee** | past | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/49/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/49/54/) - ↑ back to [The Three Heads of the Well](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/49/)