--- title: The gentlemen say: «Here is a poor old thing—a washerwoman apparentl… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 3: The… · tree and pragmatics description: The gentlemen say: «Here is a poor old thing—a washerwoman apparently—who has fainted in the road!» They lift him into the car and prop him up with soft cushions, meaning to take her on to the nearest village, where she probably has friends. Who acts: gentlemen, poor old thing, world. 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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 (gentlemen, poor old thing, world), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:books:063-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song.lesson:25 # text = The gentlemen say: «Here is a poor old thing—a washerwoman apparently—who has fainted in the road!» They lift him into the car and prop him up with soft cushions, meaning to take her on to the nearest village, where she probably has friends. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = books # lesson = 063-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song.lesson # annotation = Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R5-strong ×1, R7-rel-agree ×2 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 gentlemen gentleman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ _ 6 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 10 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ _ 12 — - PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 washerwoman washerwoman NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=11:conj 15 apparently apparently ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 — - PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 18 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 fainted faint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 acl:relcl _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 ! ! PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ 24 » » PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 25 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 lift lift VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=3:advcl 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 into into ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 prop prop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=3:conj|HaikuPos=VERB:VB:VerbForm=Inf 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 up up ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 cushions cushion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 meaning mean VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 on on ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 nearest near ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 47 amod _ _ 47 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 52 advmod _ _ 50 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 probably probably ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 52 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 acl:relcl _ _ 53 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obj _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: express* | present | the gentlemen | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | a poor old thing | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **faint** *in a quote* | present · perfect | a poor old thing | | | the road | | | vn change\_bodily\_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **lift** | present | gentlemen *= gentleman* | washerwoman | | the car | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme into car=Destination | | 5 | **prop up** | present | gentlemen *= gentleman* *not said here* | | washerwoman | | | with soft cushions | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent he=Destination | | 6 | **mean** | gerund | gentlemen *= gentleman* *not said here* | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | gentlemen *= gentleman* *not said here* | world | | the nearest village | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme on village=Destination | | 8 | **have** | present | world | friends | | | | probably *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=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. **Licence: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)**, as the whole of Mova corpus 0.4, of which this treebank (the agreed school, `mova-school-agreed-en.conllu`) is part. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:books:063-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song.lesson:25`. **The tree:** Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R5-strong ×1, R7-rel-agree ×2. **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the lesson read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: [The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, pa…, 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song/24/) - next →: [The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, pa…, 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song/26/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song/)