--- title: As they went home from the church that day they decided to wager wit… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As they went home from the church that day they decided to wager with each other as to whose husband was the most stupid, and the one who, on the following Sunday, should be judged to have played her husband the greatest trick should thereafter go free from paying, and each of the two others would g --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/32/36/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Pink Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/) / [The Pink Fairy Book, part 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/32/) / 36 # The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 32, sentence 36 As they went home from the church that day they decided to wager with each other as to whose husband was the most stupid, and the one who, on the following Sunday, should be judged to have played her husband the greatest trick should thereafter go free from paying, and each of the two others would give twopence for their Sunday’s half-pint. **Who acts:** three, husband, greatest trick, each · **What happens:** go, decide, wager, be, follow, judge · **To what, where:** church, one, husband, twopence This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 32. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (three, husband, greatest trick, each), 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:pg5615:32:36 # text = As they went home from the church that day they decided to wager with each other as to whose husband was the most stupid, and the one who, on the following Sunday, should be judged to have played her husband the greatest trick should thereafter go free from paying, and each of the two others would give twopence for their Sunday’s half-pint. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 home home ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl:unmarked _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 decided decide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 wager wager VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 13 obl _ _ 16 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 fixed _ _ 17 as as SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 17 fixed _ _ 19 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 24 advmod _ _ 24 stupid stupid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 29 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 34 amod _ _ 34 Sunday Sunday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 36 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 judged judge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 parataxis _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 40 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 aux _ _ 41 played play VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 38 xcomp _ _ 42 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 greatest great ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 46 amod _ _ 46 trick trick NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 47 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 48 thereafter thereafter ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 acl:relcl _ _ 50 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 xcomp _ _ 51 from from SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 52 paying pay VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 50 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 55 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 61 nsubj _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 58 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 59 nummod _ _ 59 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 nmod _ _ 60 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 61 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 62 twopence twopence NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obj _ _ 63 for for ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 64 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nmod:poss _ _ 65 Sunday Sunday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 69 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 66 ’s 's PART POS _ 65 case _ _ 67 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 69 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 68 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 67 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 69 pint pint NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | three | | | the church | | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from church=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **decide** | past | three | | | | day | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **wager** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | three *not said here* | | | | | with each | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | husband | | | | | stupid *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **judge** | should · passive | | the one | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute | | 7 | **play** | to-infinitive · perfect | | tavern's husband | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Theme | | 8 | **go** | should | the greatest trick | tavern's husband *not said here* | | | | free, thereafter *property* | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location husband=Theme | | 9 | **pay** | gerund | the greatest trick *not said here* | | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **give** | would | each | twopence | | | | for three's Sunday's half pint | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent twopence=Theme for pint=Asset | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/32/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/32/37/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/32/)