--- title: Strange to hear, and frightful to look upon, were these twelve women… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Strange to hear, and frightful to look upon, were these twelve women, with their horns and their wheels; and the mistress felt near to death, and she tried to rise that she might call for help, but she could not move, nor could she utter a word or a cry, for the spell of the witches was upon her. 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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 (Strange twelve women, mistress, spell), 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:pg7885:8:13 # text = Strange to hear, and frightful to look upon, were these twelve women, with their horns and their wheels; and the mistress felt near to death, and she tried to rise that she might call for help, but she could not move, nor could she utter a word or a cry, for the spell of the witches was upon her. 1 Strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 frightful frightful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 upon upon ADP IN _ 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 11 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 12 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 14 det _ _ 13 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 horns horn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 wheels wheel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 mistress mistress NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 27 near near ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 rise rise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 but but CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 44 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 45 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 47 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 52 cc _ _ 50 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 51 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 utter utter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 conj _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ _ 55 or or CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 56 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 cry cry NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 59 for for ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 spell spell NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nsubj _ _ 62 of of ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 witches witch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 nmod _ _ 65 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 67 cop _ _ 66 upon upon ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 67 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **look** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **is a** | past | | this Strange twelve women | | | | with family's horns and family's wheels | tree rules | | 4 | **feel** | past | this Strange twelve women | | | death | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent near death=Location | | 5 | **try** | past | mistress | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **rise** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | mistress *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **call** | might | mistress | | | | | for help | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient | | 8 | **not** **move** | could | mistress | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **utter** *speech: other* | could | mistress | a word or a cry | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic | | 10 | **is** | past | the spell of the witches | | | | | upon word | tree rules | | 11 | **spell** | | | the witches | | | | | nom spell «state transitive»: of=patient | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/8/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/8/14/) - ↑ back to [The Horned Women](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/8/)