--- title: When his wife found out the mistake, she cried bitterly; but Motikat… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When his wife found out the mistake, she cried bitterly; but Motikatika said: “It is only just that he should be eaten, and not I; for it was he, and not I, who sent you to fetch the water.” Who acts: wife, Motikatika, mistake. 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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, Motikatika, mistake), 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:pg2435:29:102 # text = When his wife found out the mistake, she cried bitterly; but Motikatika said: “It is only just that he should be eaten, and not I; for it was he, and not I, who sent you to fetch the water.” 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 mistake mistake NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 bitterly bitterly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 Motikatika Motikatika PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 17 “ " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 20 only only ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 21 just just ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 42 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 iobj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 fetch fetch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 advcl _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find out** | past | boy's wife | the mistake | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mistake=Topic | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | wife | | | | | bitterly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Motikatika | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | should · present · passive | | mistake | | | | eat *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | past | mistake | | | | | for Motikatika | tree rules | | 6 | **send** *in a quote* | past | Motikatika | | you | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 7 | **fetch** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Motikatika *not said here* | the water | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=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 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/29/101/) - next →: [sentence 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/29/103/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/29/)