--- title: The mistress, supposing that one of her neighbours had called and re… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The mistress, supposing that one of her neighbours had called and required assistance, opened the door, and a woman entered, having in her hand a pair of wool-carders, and bearing a horn on her forehead, as if growing there. Who acts: mistress, 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 (mistress, 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:pg7885:8:5 # text = The mistress, supposing that one of her neighbours had called and required assistance, opened the door, and a woman entered, having in her hand a pair of wool-carders, and bearing a horn on her forehead, as if growing there. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 mistress mistress NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 supposing suppose VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 neighbours neighbour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 required require VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ _ 14 assistance assistance NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 16 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 pair pair NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 wool wool NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 carders carder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 bearing bear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 parataxis _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 horn horn NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 on on ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 forehead forehead NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 as as SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 if if SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 46 growing grow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 conj _ _ 47 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **suppose** | gerund | the mistress *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **call** | past · perfect · passive | | one of mistress's neighbours | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 3 | **require** | participle | | assistance | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme assistance=Precondition | | 4 | **open** | past | the mistress | the door | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme | | 5 | **enter** | past | a woman | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **have** | gerund | a woman *not said here* | a pair of wool carders | | woman's hand | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pair=Patient | | 7 | **bear** | gerund | | a horn | | woman's forehead | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horn=Patient | | 8 | **grow** *a condition, not said to happen* | gerund | | | | there | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «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:** «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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/8/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/8/6/) - ↑ back to [The Horned Women](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/8/)