--- title: He was too much out of breath to beg pardon, but the woman was good-… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He was too much out of breath to beg pardon, but the woman was good-natured, and she said he seemed to be a likely lad, so she would take him to be her servant, and would pay him well. Who acts: 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 (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:pg7439:45:3 # text = He was too much out of breath to beg pardon, but the woman was good-natured, and she said he seemed to be a likely lad, so she would take him to be her servant, and would pay him well. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 breath breath NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 beg beg VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 10 pardon pardon NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 16 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 natured natured ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 ccomp _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 26 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 cop _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 likely likely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 so so ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 ccomp _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 cop _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Jack | | | breath | | much *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | to-infinitive | Jack *not said here* | pardon | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent pardon=Recipient | | 3 | **is** | past | the woman | | | | | natured *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | woman | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **seem** | past | Jack | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is a** | to-infinitive | Jack *not said here* | a likely lad | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **take** | would | woman | | Jack | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | | 8 | **is a** | to-infinitive | woman *not said here* | woman's servant | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **pay** | would | woman *not said here* | Jack | | | | well *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Asset | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/45/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/45/4/) - ↑ back to [The Ass, the Table, and the Stick](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/45/)