--- title: When the man got there and found that his ox was gone, he began to w… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the man got there and found that his ox was gone, he began to weep and wail, for he was afraid that when his old woman got to know she would be the death of him. Who acts: man, ox, old woman, woman. 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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 (man, ox, old woman, woman), 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:pg540:9:47 # text = When the man got there and found that his ox was gone, he began to weep and wail, for he was afraid that when his old woman got to know she would be the death of him. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 5 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 ox ox NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 weep weep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 wail wail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 for for SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 24 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 advcl _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 26 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 34 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 cop _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 ccomp _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | the man | | | there | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **find** | past | the man *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | man's ox | | | | | gone *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **begin** | past | man | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **weep** | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **wail** | infinitive | man *not said here* | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | past | man | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **get** | past | man's old woman | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 9 | **know** | to-infinitive | man's old woman *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **is a** | would | woman | the death | | | | of man | tree rules | 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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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/pg540/9/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/48/) - ↑ back to [The Master Thief](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/)