--- title: And when Coo saw the glint of the sharp, sharp sword in the hand of… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And when Coo saw the glint of the sharp, sharp sword in the hand of the fine, fine laddie come from the wars, and the weary, weary lady weeping for a sup o' milk, she reckoned she'd better hold still; so wee, wee Mannie milked big, big Coo, and the weary, weary lady with the golden hair hushed her w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/30/157/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [More English Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/) / [More English Fairy Tales, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/30/) / 157 # More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 16, sentence 157 And when Coo saw the glint of the sharp, sharp sword in the hand of the fine, fine laddie come from the wars, and the weary, weary lady weeping for a sup o' milk, she reckoned she'd better hold still; so wee, wee Mannie milked big, big Coo, and the weary, weary lady with the golden hair hushed her weeping and got her sup o' milk, and the fine, fine laddie new come from the wars put by his sharp, sharp sword, and all went well that didn't go ill. **Who acts:** Coo, glint, weary weary lady, wee Mannie, golden hair, fine fine laddie · **What happens:** see, come, weep, reckon, hold, milk · **To what, where:** wars, milk, weeping, sup This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, More English Fairy Tales, part 16. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Coo, glint, weary weary lady, wee Mannie), 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:pg14241:30:157 # text = And when Coo saw the glint of the sharp, sharp sword in the hand of the fine, fine laddie come from the wars, and the weary, weary lady weeping for a sup o' milk, she reckoned she'd better hold still; so wee, wee Mannie milked big, big Coo, and the weary, weary lady with the golden hair hushed her weeping and got her sup o' milk, and the fine, fine laddie new come from the wars put by his sharp, sharp sword, and all went well that didn't go ill. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 Coo Coo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 glint glint NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 9 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 18 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 20 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 laddie laddie NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 22 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 wars war NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 29 weary weary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 31 weary weary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 33 weeping weep VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 32 acl _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 sup sup NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 o o NOUN NN _ 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ 39 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 reckoned reckon VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 46 advmod _ _ 46 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 ccomp _ _ 47 still still ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 49 so so ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 50 wee wee ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 wee wee ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 Mannie Mannie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 54 milked milk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 conj _ _ 55 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 Coo coo NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 62 weary weary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 64 weary weary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 65 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 66 with with SCONJ IN _ 70 mark _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 68 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 69 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 nsubj _ _ 70 hushed hush VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 advcl _ _ 71 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 72 nmod:poss _ _ 72 weeping weeping NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obj _ _ 73 and and CCONJ CC _ 74 cc _ _ 74 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 70 conj _ _ 75 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 76 nmod:poss _ _ 76 sup sup NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 obj _ _ 77 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 79 case _ SpaceAfter=No 78 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 79 punct _ _ 79 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 80 , , PUNCT , _ 88 punct _ _ 81 and and CCONJ CC _ 88 cc _ _ 82 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 86 det _ _ 83 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 86 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 84 , , PUNCT , _ 83 punct _ _ 85 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 86 amod _ _ 86 laddie laddie NOUN NN Number=Sing 88 nsubj _ _ 87 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 86 amod _ _ 88 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 89 from from ADP IN _ 91 case _ _ 90 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 91 det _ _ 91 wars war NOUN NNS Number=Plur 88 obl _ _ 92 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 91 acl _ _ 93 by by ADP IN _ 98 case _ _ 94 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 98 nmod:poss _ _ 95 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 98 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 96 , , PUNCT , _ 95 punct _ _ 97 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 98 amod _ _ 98 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 92 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 99 , , PUNCT , _ 102 punct _ _ 100 and and CCONJ CC _ 102 cc _ _ 101 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 102 advmod _ _ 102 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 103 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 102 advmod _ _ 104 that that SCONJ IN _ 107 mark _ _ 105 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 107 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 106 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 107 advmod _ _ 107 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 102 advcl _ _ 108 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 107 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 109 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | Coo | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **come** | present | the glint of the sharp sharp sword in the hand of the fine fine laddie | | | the wars | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from war=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **weep** | gerund | the weary weary lady *not said here* | milk | | | | for a sup o | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent milk=Theme | | 4 | **reckon** | past | glint | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **hold** | would | glint | | | | still | well *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **milk** | past | wee Mannie | | | | | big *property* | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **hush** | past | the golden hair | Mannie's weeping | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent weeping=Patient | | 8 | **get** | past | the golden hair *not said here* | Mannie's sup | | | | of milk | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sup=Stimulus | | 9 | **come** | present | the fine fine laddie | | | the wars | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from war=Initial\_Location | | 10 | **put** | participle | | the wars *not said here* | | | | by Coo's sharp sharp sword | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by sword=Destination | | 11 | **go** | past | Coo *not said here* | | | | | well *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **not** **go** | past · do-support | Coo *not said here* | | | | | ill *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 13 | **glint** | | the sharp sharp sword in the hand of the fine fine laddie | | | | | | nom glint «event intransitive»: of=agent | | 14 | **weep** | | Mannie | | | | | | nom weeping «act intransitive»: poss=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 156](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/30/156/) - next →: [sentence 158](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/30/158/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/30/)