--- title: While sitting, one of them said, "Well, all the King's army was not… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: While sitting, one of them said, "Well, all the King's army was not able to take us, but I fear an old woman with a rope's end would be too much for us now." Who acts: one, army, I, old 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 (one, army, I, old 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:pg14241:21:133 # text = While sitting, one of them said, "Well, all the King's army was not able to take us, but I fear an old woman with a rope's end would be too much for us now." 1 While while SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nmod _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Well well INTJ UH _ 19 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 16 det:predet _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 's 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 ccomp _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 fear fear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 27 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 33 's 's PART POS _ 32 case _ _ 34 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 35 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 cop _ _ 37 too too ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 ccomp _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ _ 41 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | gerund | one of giants *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | one of giants | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | past | the King's army | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **take** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the King's army *not said here* | | us | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument we=Destination | | 5 | **fear** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | now | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | would | a old woman with a rope's end | | | | | for us; much *property* | tree rules | 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 132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/21/132/) - next →: [sentence 134](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/21/134/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/21/)