--- title: When she hears that, she will be sure to ask you what has become of… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When she hears that, she will be sure to ask you what has become of the money and the fine clothes she gave us on our marriage, and you will answer, ‘before he died he sold everything.’” Who acts: wife, you, money, our. 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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 (wife, you, money, our), 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:pg2435:28:98 # text = When she hears that, she will be sure to ask you what has become of the money and the fine clothes she gave us on our marriage, and you will answer, ‘before he died he sold everything.’” 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 hears hear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 cop _ _ 9 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 iobj _ _ 13 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 15 nsubj _ _ 14 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 ccomp _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 18 conj _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 25 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 iobj _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 before before SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 sold sell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 parataxis _ _ 41 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | present | wife | that | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | future | wife | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | wife *not said here* | | you | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **become** | present · perfect | | | | | | of the money and the fine clothes | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **give** | past | wife | the fine clothes *not said here* | us | our marriage | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent we=Theme on marriage=Asset | | 6 | **answer** *speech: assert* | future | you | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **die** | past | money | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 8 | **sell** | past | money | everything | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Theme | | 9 | **marry** | | our | | | | | | nom marriage «state transitive»: 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:** «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 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/28/97/) - next →: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/28/99/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/28/)