--- title: She decided to buy a strong ass to do the work, and having chosen on… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She decided to buy a strong ass to do the work, and having chosen one, and after some bargaining with the owner as to its price, she went to the cupboard in the wall to fetch the money. Who acts: Dame, some. 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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 (Dame, some), 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:pg2435:16:81 # text = She decided to buy a strong ass to do the work, and having chosen one, and after some bargaining with the owner as to its price, she went to the cupboard in the wall to fetch the money. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 decided decide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 buy buy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 ass ass NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 aux _ _ 15 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 16 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 19 after after SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 21 nsubj _ _ 21 bargaining bargain VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 owner owner NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 as as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 28 case _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 25 fixed _ _ 27 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 price price NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 cupboard cupboard NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 fetch fetch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **decide** | past | Dame | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **buy** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Dame *not said here* | a strong ass | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ass=Theme | | 3 | **do** | to-infinitive | Dame *not said here* | the work | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality | | 4 | **choose** | gerund · perfect | | one | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | | 5 | **bargain** | gerund | some | | | | | with the owner; as owner's price | vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with owner=Co-Agent | | 6 | **go** | past | Dame | | | the wall | | to the cupboard | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to cupboard=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **fetch** | to-infinitive | Dame *not said here* | the money | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme | 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:** «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/16/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/16/82/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/16/)