--- title: At last the wives gave up all hope of their return; but, being sensi… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At last the wives gave up all hope of their return; but, being sensible women, they did not sit down and cry, but called their children, and set out, determined to seek the whole world over till the missing husbands were found. Who acts: last wives, sisters, return. 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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 (last wives, sisters, return), 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:pg3027:26:93 # text = At last the wives gave up all hope of their return; but, being sensible women, they did not sit down and cry, but called their children, and set out, determined to seek the whole world over till the missing husbands were found. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 wives wife NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 8 det _ _ 8 hope hope NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 15 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 cop _ _ 16 sensible sensible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 23 down down ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 cry cry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 29 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 34 out out ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 determined determine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 42 over over ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 43 till till SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 missing missing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 husbands husband NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nsubj:pass _ _ 47 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux:pass _ _ 48 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give up** | past | the last wives | all hope of sisters's return | sensible women | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | sensible *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **sit down** | past · do-support | sisters *= sister* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **cry** *speech: express* | infinitive | sisters *= sister* *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **call** | past | sisters *= sister* *not said here* | | sisters's children | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent child=Recipient | | 6 | **set out** | infinitive | sisters *= sister* *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **determine** | participle | sisters *= sister* *not said here* | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **seek** | to-infinitive | sisters *= sister* *not said here* | the whole world | | | | over *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent world=Theme | | 9 | **find** | past · passive | | the missing husbands | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 10 | **hope** | | sisters's return | | | | | | nom hope «feeling intransitive»: of=agent | | 11 | **return** | | sisters *= sister* | | | | | | nom return «communication intransitive»: 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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/26/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/26/94/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/26/)