--- title: Now the wife had advised them to be intimate with the servants, and… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Now the wife had advised them to be intimate with the servants, and so they did as she said, and it was "Good-morning" and "Good-day to you" as they passed in and out. Who acts: wife, others, building. 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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, others, building), 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:pg14241:20:58 # text = Now the wife had advised them to be intimate with the servants, and so they did as she said, and it was "Good-morning" and "Good-day to you" as they passed in and out. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 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 advised advise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 cop _ _ 9 intimate intimate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 17 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 25 " " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 29 " " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 " " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 " " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ 38 as as SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 ccomp _ _ 41 in in ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 out out ADV RB _ 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **advise** *speech: other* | past · perfect · passive | | the wife | | | now | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the wife *not said here* | | | | | with the servants; intimate *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | others *= other* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | building | Good morning and Good day to you | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **pass** | past | others *= other* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «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:** «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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/20/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/20/59/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/20/)