--- title: One day, when Trembling was well, and when her husband was away hunt… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: One day, when Trembling was well, and when her husband was away hunting, the two sisters went out to walk; and when they came to the seaside, the eldest pushed the youngest sister in. Who acts: Trembling, husband, two sisters, invitations. 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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 (Trembling, husband, two sisters, invitations), 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:pg7885:23:125 # text = One day, when Trembling was well, and when her husband was away hunting, the two sisters went out to walk; and when they came to the seaside, the eldest pushed the youngest sister in. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 5 Trembling Trembling PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 10 when when SCONJ WRB _ 15 mark _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 away away ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 hunting hunt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 19 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 20 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 out out ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 26 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 seaside seaside NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 35 nsubj _ _ 35 pushed push VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 38 amod _ _ 38 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 39 in in ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Trembling | | | | | well *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hunt** | past · progressive | woman's husband | | | | | away *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **go out** | past | the two sisters | | | | day | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **walk** | to-infinitive | the two sisters *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **come** | past | invitations *= invitation* | | | the seaside | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to seaside=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **push in** | past | the eldest | the youngest sister | | | | | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=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:** «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7885 (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 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/23/124/) - next →: [sentence 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/23/126/) - ↑ back to [Fair, Brown, and Trembling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/23/)