--- title: But the old man, who was much troubled, declared she was a bad, hard… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But the old man, who was much troubled, declared she was a bad, hard-hearted woman, to have behaved so to a poor harmless bird; then he left the house, and went into the forest to seek for his pet. Who acts: old man, wife, man. 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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 man, wife, man), 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:pg5615:36:64 # text = But the old man, who was much troubled, declared she was a bad, hard-hearted woman, to have behaved so to a poor harmless bird; then he left the house, and went into the forest to seek for his pet. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 much much ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 troubled troubled ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 11 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 15 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 hearted hearted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 23 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 aux _ _ 24 behaved behave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 conj _ _ 25 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 28 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 29 harmless harmless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 32 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 advmod _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 40 into into ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 45 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 pet pet NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the old man | | | | | troubled *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | the old man | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | past | wife | a bad hearted woman | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **behave** | to-infinitive · perfect | the old man *not said here* | | | | | to a poor harmless bird | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **leave** | past | man | the house | | | then | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme | | 6 | **go** | past | man *not said here* | | | the forest | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into forest=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **seek** | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | | | | | for man's pet | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for pet=Theme | 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/36/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/36/65/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/36/)