--- title: ‘Do you know, old woman!’ said he one day to his wife, ‘I must go ou… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Do you know, old woman!’ said he one day to his wife, ‘I must go out into the world and try to bring back food somehow, though I cannot tell where it is to come from.’ Who acts: you, Stan, I, food. 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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, Stan, I, food), 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:pg641:13:42 # text = ‘Do you know, old woman!’ said he one day to his wife, ‘I must go out into the world and try to bring back food somehow, though I cannot tell where it is to come from.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 ccomp _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 22 out out ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 into into ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 back back ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 somehow somehow ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 though though SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 39 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 43 advmod _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 ccomp _ _ 44 from from ADP IN _ 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present · do-support | you | | | | | old woman *vocative* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **day** | | Stan | | | | | to Stan's wife | tree rules | | 4 | **go out** | must | I | | | the world | | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **try** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **bring back** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | food | | | | somehow *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent food=Theme | | 7 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | can | I | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **is** *not said to happen* | present | food | | | | | come *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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/13/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/13/43/) - ↑ back to [Stan Bolovan](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/13/)