--- title: All went well that didn't go ill," is a somewhat cynical formula giv… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: All went well that didn't go ill," is a somewhat cynical formula given by Mrs. Balfour, while the Scotch have "they lived happy and died happy, and never drank out of a dry cappie." Who acts: Scotch, Endings. 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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 (Scotch, Endings), 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:pg14241:34:42 # text = All went well that didn't go ill," is a somewhat cynical formula given by Mrs. Balfour, while the Scotch have "they lived happy and died happy, and never drank out of a dry cappie." 1 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 advmod _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 3 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 8 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 somewhat somewhat ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 cynical cynical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 formula formula NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 16 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl _ _ 17 by by ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Mrs. Mrs. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obl:agent _ _ 19 Balfour Balfour PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 while while SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Scotch scotch NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 25 " " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 28 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 xcomp _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 31 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 drank drink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 36 out out ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 cappie cappie NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 " " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | | | | | | well *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **go** | past · do-support | | | | | | ill *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | a cynical formula | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **give** *in a quote* | participle | | a cynical formula *not said here* | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | present | the Scotch | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **live** | past | Endings *= ending* | | | | | happy *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **die** | past | Endings *= ending* *not said here* | | | | | happy *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 8 | **not** **drink out** | past | Endings *= ending* *not said here* | a dry cappie | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cappie=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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/34/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/34/43/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/34/)