--- title: The old woman determined to put by the money for a rainy day; but al… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The old woman determined to put by the money for a rainy day; but alas! the rainy day was close at hand, for their meal was all consumed, and who is prepared to face starvation with two hundred florins at their disposal? Who acts: old 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 (old 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:pg640:33:4 # text = The old woman determined to put by the money for a rainy day; but alas! the rainy day was close at hand, for their meal was all consumed, and who is prepared to face starvation with two hundred florins at their disposal? 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 4 determined determine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 rainy rainy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 16 alas ala NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ! ! PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 rainy rainy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 22 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 for for SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 27 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 30 all all ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 consumed consume VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 prepared prepared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 face face VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 starvation starvation NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 compound _ _ 42 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 43 nummod _ _ 43 florins florin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nmod _ _ 44 at at ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 disposal disposal NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ? ? PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | participle | | the old woman *not said here* | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **put** | to-infinitive | | | | | day | by the money | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by money=Destination | | 3 | **is** | past | the old woman | | | hand | | close *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **consume** | past · passive | | alas's meal | | | | all *property* | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset | | 5 | **is** | present | | | | | | prepared *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **face** | to-infinitive | | starvation | | florins's disposal | | with hundred florins | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent starvation=Destination with florin=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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/33/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/33/5/) - ↑ back to [The Magic Ring](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/33/)