--- title: Once in these parts, and not so long gone neither, there was a fool… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Once in these parts, and not so long gone neither, there was a fool that wanted to buy a pottle o' brains, for he was ever getting into scrapes through his foolishness, and being laughed at by every one. Who acts: fool, one. 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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 (fool, one), 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:pg14241:25:113 # text = Once in these parts, and not so long gone neither, there was a fool that wanted to buy a pottle o' brains, for he was ever getting into scrapes through his foolishness, and being laughed at by every one. 1 Once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 14 advmod _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 parts part NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ _ 10 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ 11 neither neither ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 13 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 14 expl _ _ 14 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 fool fool NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 17 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 buy buy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 pottle pottle NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 o o NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ 25 brains brain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 for for SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 31 advmod _ _ 31 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 32 into into ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 scrapes scrape VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 34 through through ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 foolishness foolishness NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 laughed laugh VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 conj _ _ 41 at at ADP IN _ 40 obl _ _ 42 by by ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 44 det _ _ 44 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **go** | participle | | this parts *not said here* | | | | long, neither *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **be** | past | a fool | | | there | | once *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **want** | past | a fool | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **buy** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a fool *not said here* | o brains | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brain=Theme | | 5 | **get** | past · progressive | fool | | | | ever | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **scrape** | present | fool *not said here* | | | | | through fool's foolishness | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent through foolishness=Patient | | 7 | **laugh** | gerund · passive | every one | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/25/112/) - next →: [sentence 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/25/114/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/25/)