--- title: It wasn't much she earned by it; but with a plate of meat at one hou… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: It wasn't much she earned by it; but with a plate of meat at one house, and a cup of tea at another, she made shift to get on somehow, and always looked as cheerful as if she hadn't a want in the world. Who acts: living, 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 (living, 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:pg14241:19:93 # text = It wasn't much she earned by it; but with a plate of meat at one house, and a cup of tea at another, she made shift to get on somehow, and always looked as cheerful as if she hadn't a want in the world. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 much much ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 earned earn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 plate plate NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 tea tea NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 made may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 shift shift VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 somehow somehow ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 38 advmod _ _ 38 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 39 as as ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 cheerful cheerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 xcomp _ _ 41 as as SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 if if SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 want want NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | living | | | another | | by village; with a plate of meat at one house; a cup of tea *obl*; earn *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **shift** | may | woman | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **get** | to-infinitive | woman *not said here* | | | | | somehow *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **look** | past | living *not said here* | | | | | always, cheerful *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **have** | past | woman | a want | | the world | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent want=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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/19/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/19/94/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/19/)