The Blue Fairy Book, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, sentence 80

But this old crone knew the way no better than the others--it was east of the sun and west of the moon, she knew that, “and you will be a long time in getting to it, if ever you get to it at all,” she said; “but you may have the loan of my horse, and I think you had better ride to the East Wind, and ask him: perhaps he may know where the castle is, and will blow you thither.

Who acts: old crone, way, crone, you, I, horse · What happens: know, be, get, say, have, think · To what, where: way, that, long time, all, loan, better ride · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, East of the Sun and West of the Moon. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (old crone, way, crone, you), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	But	but	CCONJ	_	5 knew	cc
2	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 crone	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 crone	amod
4	crone	crone	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 knew	nsubj
5	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 way	det
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 knew	obj
8	no	no	ADV	_	9 better	advmod
9	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 way	amod
10	than	than	ADP	_	12 others	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 others	det
12	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 better	obl
13	--	--	PUNCT	_	19 sun	punct
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 sun	nsubj
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 sun	cop
16	east	east	ADV	_	19 sun	advmod
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 sun	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 sun	det
19	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 knew	obl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 west	cc
21	west	west	ADV	_	19 sun	conj
22	of	of	ADP	_	24 moon	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 moon	det
24	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 sun	nmod
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 knew	punct
26	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 knew	nsubj
27	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 knew	parataxis
28	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	27 knew	obj
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 time	punct
30	“	"	PUNCT	_	37 time	punct
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 time	cc
32	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	37 time	nsubj
33	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	37 time	aux
34	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	37 time	cop
35	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	37 time	det
36	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 time	amod
37	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 knew	parataxis
38	in	in	SCONJ	_	39 getting	mark
39	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	37 time	advcl
40	to	to	ADP	_	41 it	case
41	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 getting	obl
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 get	punct
43	if	if	SCONJ	_	44 ever	mark
44	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	46 get	advmod
45	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	46 get	nsubj
46	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 knew	parataxis
47	to	to	ADP	_	48 it	case
48	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 get	obl
49	at	at	ADP	_	50 all	case
50	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	54 said	obl
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 all	punct
52	”	"	PUNCT	_	50 all	punct
53	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 said	nsubj
54	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	46 get	advcl
55	;	;	PUNCT	_	60 have	punct
56	“	"	PUNCT	_	60 have	punct
57	but	but	CCONJ	_	60 have	cc
58	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	60 have	nsubj
59	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	60 have	aux
60	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	46 get	conj
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 loan	det
62	loan	loan	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 have	obj
63	of	of	ADP	_	65 horse	case
64	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	65 horse	nmod:poss
65	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 loan	nmod
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 think	punct
67	and	and	CCONJ	_	69 think	cc
68	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	69 think	nsubj
69	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 knew	parataxis
70	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	71 had	nsubj
71	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	69 think	ccomp
72	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	73 ride	amod
73	ride	ride	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 had	obj
74	to	to	ADP	_	77 Wind	case
75	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	77 Wind	det
76	East	East	PROPN	Number=Sing	77 Wind	compound
77	Wind	Wind	PROPN	Number=Sing	73 ride	nmod
78	,	,	PUNCT	_	80 ask	punct
79	and	and	CCONJ	_	80 ask	cc
80	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	69 think	conj
81	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	80 ask	obj
82	:	:	PUNCT	_	86 know	punct
83	perhaps	perhaps	ADV	_	86 know	advmod
84	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	86 know	nsubj
85	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	86 know	aux
86	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	80 ask	parataxis
87	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	86 know	ccomp
88	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	89 castle	det
89	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	87 where	nsubj
90	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	87 where	cop
91	,	,	PUNCT	_	94 blow	punct
92	and	and	CCONJ	_	94 blow	cc
93	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	94 blow	aux
94	blow	blow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	86 know	conj
95	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	94 blow	obj
96	thither	thither	ADV	_	94 blow	advmod
97	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 knew	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	past	this old crone	the way					tree rules
2	is	past	way					of the sun; of the moon; east property	tree rules
3	know	past	crone	that					tree rules
4	is a in a quote	future	you	a long time					tree rules
5	get in a quote	gerund	you not said here		way				vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to it=Result
6	get in a quote	present	you		way		ever		vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to it=Result
7	say speech: assert	past	crone			all			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
8	have in a quote	may	you	the loan of my horse					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loan=Patient
9	think speech: other in a quote	present	I						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
10	have in a quote	past	you	better ride				to the East Wind	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ride=Patient
11	ask speech: ask in a quote	infinitive	I not said here		horse				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
12	know in a quote	may	horse					perhaps property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
13	is in a quote	present	the castle					where property	tree rules
14	blow in a quote	future	horse not said here	you				thither property	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent you=Patient
15	loan in a quote			my horse					nom loan «possession 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: «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.

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