--- title: "Wise woman said I'd know more than she when I got a coat o' clay,"… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "Wise woman said I'd know more than she when I got a coat o' clay," said he, "so I down in the drain and got one, and I'm not a fool any longer." Who acts: Wise woman, woman, husband, I. 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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 (Wise woman, woman, husband, I), 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:pg14241:22:45 # text = "Wise woman said I'd know more than she when I got a coat o' clay," said he, "so I down in the drain and got one, and I'm not a fool any longer." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 ccomp _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 8 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 obj _ _ 9 than than SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 18 case _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ _ 18 clay clay NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 21 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 24 " " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 so so ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 27 down down ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 drain drain NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 ccomp _ _ 33 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 fool fool NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 41 any any ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Wise woman | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **know** *in a quote* | would | Wise woman *= woman* | more | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus | | 3 | **get** *in a quote* | past | woman | a coat of clay | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer coat=Stimulus | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **get** *in a quote* | past | husband | one | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus | | 6 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | I | a fool | | | | long *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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/22/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/22/46/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/22/)