--- title: Still the old woman pleaded that she could not live without her son,… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Still the old woman pleaded that she could not live without her son, and was nearly as terrified at the idea of his becoming a soldier as she was at the thought of his being put in prison. Who acts: old woman, discipline, story, thought. 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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 (old woman, discipline, story, thought), 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:pg3282:33:90 # text = Still the old woman pleaded that she could not live without her son, and was nearly as terrified at the idea of his becoming a soldier as she was at the thought of his being put in prison. 1 Still still ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 pleaded plead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 11 without without ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 17 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 18 as as ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 terrified terrified ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 of of SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Gender=Masc|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 becoming become VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 22 acl _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 xcomp _ _ 28 as as SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 31 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 xcomp _ _ 34 of of SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 prison prison NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **plead** *speech: request* | past | the old woman | | | | still | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **live** | could | discipline | | | | | without discipline's son | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | the old woman *not said here* | | | the idea | | nearly, terrified *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **become** | gerund | story | a soldier | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Patient idea=Result | | 5 | **is** | past | discipline | | | the thought | | | tree rules | | 6 | **put** | gerund · passive | the thought *not said here* | story | | prison | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in prison=Destination | 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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/91/) - ↑ back to [Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/)