--- title: They were very poor, and the old woman got her living by spinning, b… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: They were very poor, and the old woman got her living by spinning, but Jack was so lazy that he would do nothing but bask in the sun in the hot weather, and sit by the corner of the hearth in the winter-time. Who acts: They, old woman, Jack, 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 (They, old woman, Jack, 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:pg7439:34:2 # text = They were very poor, and the old woman got her living by spinning, but Jack was so lazy that he would do nothing but bask in the sun in the hot weather, and sit by the corner of the hearth in the winter-time. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 living living NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 by by SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 14 spinning spin VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 lazy lazy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 advcl _ _ 25 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 24 obj _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 bask bask VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 weather weather NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 38 by by ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 hearth hearth NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 46 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 47 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | They | | | | | poor *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **get** | past | the old woman | woman's living | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer living=Stimulus | | 3 | **spin** | gerund | the old woman *not said here* | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **do** | would | Jack | nothing | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality | | 5 | **bask** | present | Jack *not said here* | | | the sun | | in the hot weather | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **sit** | infinitive | They *not said here* | | | | time | by the corner of the hearth | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by corner=Location | | 7 | **live** | | woman | | | | | | nom living «cognition intransitive»: 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/34/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/34/3/) - ↑ back to [Lazy Jack](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/34/)