--- title: They visited every place where a woman was to be found, and left not… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: They visited every place where a woman was to be found, and left not a house in the kingdom they did not search, to know could they find the woman the shoe would fit, not caring whether she was rich or poor, of high or low degree. Who acts: princes, shoe, woman. 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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 (princes, shoe, woman), 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:pg7885:23:85 # text = They visited every place where a woman was to be found, and left not a house in the kingdom they did not search, to know could they find the woman the shoe would fit, not caring whether she was rich or poor, of high or low degree. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 visited visit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 11 advmod _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 search search VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 28 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 shoe shoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 35 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 fit fit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 caring care VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 36 xcomp _ _ 40 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 43 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 advcl _ _ 44 or or CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 48 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 49 or or CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 conj _ _ 51 degree degree NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **visit** | past | princes *= prince* | every place | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Co-Agent | | 2 | **find** | past · passive | princes *= prince* *not said here* | a woman | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 3 | **not** **leave** | past | princes *= prince* *not said here* | a house | | the kingdom | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent house=Theme in kingdom=Location | | 4 | **not** **search** | past · do-support | princes *= prince* | the kingdom *not said here* | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent kingdom=Location | | 5 | **know** | to-infinitive | princes *= prince* *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **find** | could | princes *= prince* | the woman | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent woman=Attribute clause=Theme | | 7 | **fit** | would | the shoe | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **care** | gerund | the shoe *not said here* | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **is** | past | woman | | | | | rich *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **be** | | woman *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | 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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/23/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/23/86/) - ↑ back to [Fair, Brown, and Trembling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/23/)