--- title: "That's a fool, if ever was one, and a fool's luck in his face," sai… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "That's a fool, if ever was one, and a fool's luck in his face," said the wise woman to herself with a nod of her head, and threw a potato skin over her left shoulder to keep off ill-chance. Who acts: That, wise 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 (That, wise 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:pg14241:22:8 # text = "That's a fool, if ever was one, and a fool's luck in his face," said the wise woman to herself with a nod of her head, and threw a potato skin over her left shoulder to keep off ill-chance. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 fool fool NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 if if SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 10 advmod _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 fool fool NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 's 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 22 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 25 nmod _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 nod nod NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 potato potato NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 40 over over ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 left left ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 46 off off ADP RP _ 45 compound:prt _ _ 47 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | That | a fool and a fool's luck in lad's face | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | That *not said here* | one | | | ever | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the wise woman to woman | | | | | with a nod of woman's head | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent with nod=Manner | | 4 | **throw** | past | | a potato skin | | woman's left shoulder | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent skin=Theme over shoulder=Destination | | 5 | **keep off** | to-infinitive | | ill chance | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chance=Theme | | 6 | **nod** | | | woman's head | | | | | nom nod «communication transitive»: of=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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/22/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/22/9/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/22/)