--- title: Then all the old people came and asked for work, and he answered che… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then all the old people came and asked for work, and he answered cheerfully, ‘Oh, yes, there is plenty for everybody;’ and when the boys begged to be allowed to help he found something that they could do. Who acts: old people, man, boys. 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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 people, man, boys), 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:pg5615:19:45 # text = Then all the old people came and asked for work, and he answered cheerfully, ‘Oh, yes, there is plenty for everybody;’ and when the boys begged to be allowed to help he found something that they could do. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 5 det:predet _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 15 cheerfully cheerfully ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 23 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 20 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 18 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 22 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 23 expl _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 24 plenty plenty NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 everybody everybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 33 advmod _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj _ _ 33 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 ccomp _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 ccomp _ _ 41 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 40 obj _ _ 42 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 obj _ _ 43 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | all old people | | | | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | all old people *not said here* | | | | | for work | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | man | | | | | cheerfully *property* | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | the boys | | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **allow** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **help** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **find** | past | man | something | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Topic | | 8 | **do** | could | boys *= boy* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | 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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/19/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/19/46/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/19/)