--- title: But she said: “I fear my husband is dead, but my little boy is still… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: But she said: “I fear my husband is dead, but my little boy is still very young; I will stay here and teach him to grow up to be a clever man, and when he is old enough he shall go out into the world and seek news of his father. Who acts: Balna, husband, little boy. 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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 (Balna, husband, little boy), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg65965:3:108 # text = But she said: “I fear my husband is dead, but my little boy is still very young; I will stay here and teach him to grow up to be a clever man, and when he is old enough he shall go out into the world and seek news of his father. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 5 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 fear fear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 8 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 14 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 18 still still ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 19 very very ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 25 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 teach teach VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 31 up up ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 cop _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 39 when when SCONJ WRB _ 42 mark _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 42 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 advcl _ _ 43 enough enough ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 47 out out ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 48 into into ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 conj _ _ 53 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Balna | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **fear** *in a quote* | present | Balna | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | my husband | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | my little boy | | | | still | young *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **stay** *in a quote* | future | Balna | | | here | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **teach** *speech: other* *in a quote* | infinitive | Balna *not said here* | | husband | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **grow up** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Balna *not said here* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **is a** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Balna *not said here* | a clever man | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **is** *in a quote* | present | husband | | | | | enough, old *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **go out** *in a quote* | shall | husband | | | the world | | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **seek** *in a quote* | infinitive | husband *not said here* | news of husband's father | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent news=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 Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Project Gutenberg book 65965 (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 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/3/106/) - next →: [sentence 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/3/108/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/3/)