--- title: The wife of a rich man fell sick; and when she felt that her end dre… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The wife of a rich man fell sick; and when she felt that her end drew nigh, she called her only daughter to her bed-side, and said, ‘Always be a good girl, and I will look down from heaven and watch over you.’ Who acts: wife, end, I. 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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, end, I), 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:pg2591:33:47 # text = The wife of a rich man fell sick; and when she felt that her end drew nigh, she called her only daughter to her bed-side, and said, ‘Always be a good girl, and I will look down from heaven and watch over you.’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 7 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 18 nigh nigh ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 22 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 only only ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 xcomp _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 27 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 Always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 39 advmod _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 cop _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ _ 45 down down ADP RP _ 44 compound:prt _ _ 46 from from ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 watch watch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 conj _ _ 50 over over ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | past | the wife of a rich man | | | | | sick *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **feel** | past | wife | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **draw** | past | wife's end | | | | | nigh *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **call** | past | end | wife | wife's bed side | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Topic to side=Recipient | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | wife *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** | infinitive | | a good girl | | | | always *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **look down** | future | I | | | | | from heaven | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent from heaven=Theme | | 8 | **watch** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | over you | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over you=Location | 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:** «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 2591 (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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/48/) - ↑ back to [The Miser in the Bush](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/)