--- title: He and his wife were always looking out for something to do, and nev… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He and his wife were always looking out for something to do, and never spent a penny that they could help, but luck was against them, and at the time of his father’s death they had hardly bread to eat or clothes to cover them. Who acts: son, eyes, luck, father. 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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 (son, eyes, luck, father), 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:pg3454:19:41 # text = He and his wife were always looking out for something to do, and never spent a penny that they could help, but luck was against them, and at the time of his father’s death they had hardly bread to eat or clothes to cover them. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 7 advmod _ _ 7 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 8 out out ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 7 obl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 spent spend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 penny penny NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 against against ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 31 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ’s 's PART POS _ 36 case _ _ 38 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 41 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 acl _ _ 45 or or CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 44 obj _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 cover cover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 advcl _ _ 49 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look out** | past · progressive | son | | | | | for something; always *property* | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for something=Theme | | 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | son *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **spend** | past | son *not said here* | a penny | | | | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent penny=Asset | | 4 | **help** | could | eyes *= eye* | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | luck | | | | | against eyes *= eye* | tree rules | | 6 | **have** | past | eyes *= eye* | bread | | | time | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Patient | | 7 | **eat** | to-infinitive | eyes *= eye* *not said here* | clothes | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Patient | | 8 | **cover** | to-infinitive | eyes *= eye* *not said here* | clothes | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Destination | | 9 | **die** | | son's father | | | | | | nom death «event 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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/19/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/19/42/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/19/)