--- title: The old wife had washed till she was tired, and then she set her dau… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The old wife had washed till she was tired, and then she set her daughter at it, and both washed, and they washed, and they washed, in hopes of getting the young knight; but for all they could do they couldn't bring out a stain. Who acts: wife, clothes, hopes, all. 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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 (wife, clothes, hopes, all), 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:pg14241:17:14 # text = The old wife had washed till she was tired, and then she set her daughter at it, and both washed, and they washed, and they washed, in hopes of getting the young knight; but for all they could do they couldn't bring out a stain. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 washed wash VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 till till SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advmod _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 washed wash VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 washed wash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 washed wash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 hopes hope NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 34 of of SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 35 getting get VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 acl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 40 but but CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 49 nsubj:outer _ _ 43 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 acl:relcl _ _ 46 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 47 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 48 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 49 advmod _ _ 49 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 50 out out ADP RP _ 49 compound:prt _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 stain stain NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wash** | past · perfect · passive | | the old wife | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **is** | past | wife | | | | | tired *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **set** | past | wife | wife's daughter | | blood | then | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme at it=Destination | | 4 | **wash** | participle · passive | | both | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **wash** | past | clothes | | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **wash** | past | clothes | hopes | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hope=Patient | | 7 | **get** | gerund | hopes *not said here* | the young knight | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer knight=Stimulus | | 8 | **do** | could | clothes | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **not** **bring out** | could | all | a stain | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent stain=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:** «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/17/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/17/15/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/17/)