--- title: Let her do what she would, she was always blamed, and got small than… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Let her do what she would, she was always blamed, and got small thanks for all the trouble she took; nothing was right, everything wrong; and yet, if the truth were known, the girl was worth her weight in gold--she was so unselfish and good-hearted. Who acts: you, woman, nothing, girl. 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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 (you, woman, nothing, girl), 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:pg640:37:4 # text = Let her do what she would, she was always blamed, and got small thanks for all the trouble she took; nothing was right, everything wrong; and yet, if the truth were known, the girl was worth her weight in gold--she was so unselfish and good-hearted. 1 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 obj _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 10 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 11 advmod _ _ 11 blamed blame VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 15 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 thanks thanks NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 20 det:predet _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 24 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 26 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 26 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 26 parataxis _ _ 29 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 yet yet ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 if if SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 43 worth worth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 parataxis _ _ 44 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 weight weight NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 -- -- PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 50 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 51 so so ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 52 unselfish unselfish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 parataxis _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 hearted hearted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | woman | | | yet | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | infinitive | woman *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 3 | **blame** | past · passive | | woman | | | | always *property* | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **get** | past | | small thanks | | | | for all trouble | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent thanks=Theme for trouble=Source | | 5 | **take** | past | woman | all trouble *not said here* | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trouble=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | nothing | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **know** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | | the truth | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | | 8 | **is** | past | the girl | | | gold | | worth *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **is** | past | woman | | | | | unselfish *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **be** | | woman *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **be** | | woman *not said here* | | | | | | 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 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/pg640/37/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/37/5/) - ↑ back to [The Story of King Frost (26)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/37/)