--- title: ‘It is enough that you should have made the offer,’ replied the old… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘It is enough that you should have made the offer,’ replied the old woman; and she added, holding out a skein of thread, ‘Take this; one day you will be thankful for it, and when it becomes useless your difficulties will be past.’ Who acts: bundle, woman, you, useless difficulties. 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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 (bundle, woman, you, useless difficulties), 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:pg5615:30:63 # text = ‘It is enough that you should have made the offer,’ replied the old woman; and she added, holding out a skein of thread, ‘Take this; one day you will be thankful for it, and when it becomes useless your difficulties will be past.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 aux _ _ 9 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 offer offer NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 14 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 added add VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 holding hold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 24 out out ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 skein skein NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 thread thread NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 Take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 32 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 nummod _ _ 35 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl:unmarked _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 cop _ _ 39 thankful thankful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 when when SCONJ WRB _ 46 mark _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 becomes become VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 47 useless useless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 48 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 difficulties difficulty NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 nsubj _ _ 50 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 51 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 52 cop _ _ 52 past past ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 46 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | bundle | | | | | enough *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | should · perfect · passive | | you | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary offer=Product | | 3 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | | the old woman | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent woman=Topic | | 4 | **add** *speech: assert* | past | woman | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **hold out** | gerund | woman *not said here* | a skein of thread | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skein=Theme | | 6 | **take** | infinitive | woman *not said here* | this | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Theme | | 7 | **is** | future | you | | | | day | for bundle; thankful *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **become** | present | bundle | | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 9 | **is** | future | your useless difficulties | | | | | past *property* | 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 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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/30/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/30/64/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/30/)