--- title: This being agreed upon, the next morning they set forward on their j… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: This being agreed upon, the next morning they set forward on their journey together, when, as they were riding out of the town, an old woman called after the prince, saying, “He has owed me twopence these seven years; pray pay me as well as the rest.” Who acts: debts, prince. 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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 (debts, prince), 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:pg7439:23:40 # text = This being agreed upon, the next morning they set forward on their journey together, when, as they were riding out of the town, an old woman called after the prince, saying, “He has owed me twopence these seven years; pray pay me as well as the rest.” 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 agreed agree VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 upon upon ADP IN _ 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl:unmarked _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 set set VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 11 forward forward ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 together together ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 17 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 as as SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 riding ride VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 23 out out ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 appos _ _ 31 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl _ _ 32 after after ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 “ " PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 owed owe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 ccomp _ _ 42 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 iobj _ _ 43 twopence twopence ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 46 det _ _ 45 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 46 nummod _ _ 46 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ; ; PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 48 pray pray VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 49 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 xcomp _ _ 50 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 iobj _ _ 51 as as ADV RB ExtPos=ADV 49 advmod _ _ 52 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 51 fixed _ _ 53 as as ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | gerund · passive | | This | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent that S»: subject=Co-Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **set forward** | present | debts *= debt* | | | debts's journey | morning | forward, together *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on journey=Destination | | 3 | **ride out** | past · progressive | debts *= debt* | the town | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent town=Theme | | 4 | **call** | participle | | a old woman *not said here* | | | after the prince | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | debts *= debt* *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **owe** *in a quote* | present · perfect | prince | | me | | year | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 7 | **pray** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 8 | **pay** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | me | | | as the rest | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Asset | | 9 | **journey** | | debts *= debt* | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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:** «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7439 (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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/41/) - ↑ back to [Jack the Giant-killer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/)