--- title: When Trembling sat in the saddle and was going away, the henwife ord… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When Trembling sat in the saddle and was going away, the henwife ordered her strictly not to go inside the door of the church, but to rush away as soon as the people rose at the end of Mass, and hurry home on the mare before any man could stop her. Who acts: henwife, people, man. 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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 (henwife, people, man), 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:pg7885:23:40 # text = When Trembling sat in the saddle and was going away, the henwife ordered her strictly not to go inside the door of the church, but to rush away as soon as the people rose at the end of Mass, and hurry home on the mare before any man could stop her. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 Trembling tremble VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 saddle saddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 10 away away ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 henwife henwife NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 15 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 strictly strictly ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 20 inside inside ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 rush rush VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 30 away away ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 as as ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 29 advmod _ _ 33 as as SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 36 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 37 at at ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 Mass Mass PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 hurry hurry VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 45 home home ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 46 on on ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 mare mare NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 49 before before SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 50 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 51 det _ _ 51 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 52 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 advcl _ _ 54 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tremble** | gerund | | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **sit** | past | | | | the saddle | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in saddle=Location | | 3 | **go away** | past · progressive | | | | | | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **order** | past | the henwife | | bird | | | strictly *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 5 | **not** **go** | to-infinitive | | | | the door of the church | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme inside door=Location | | 6 | **rush away** | to-infinitive | | | | | | away, soon *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **rise** | past | the people | | | | at the end of Mass | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at end=Location | | 8 | **hurry** | infinitive | | | | | | on the mare; home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on mare=Trajectory | | 9 | **stop** | could | any man | henwife | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector she=Eventuality | 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/23/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/23/41/) - ↑ back to [Fair, Brown, and Trembling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/23/)