--- title: When the shoemaker's wife reached the well, and when she saw the sha… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When the shoemaker's wife reached the well, and when she saw the shadow of her that was in the tree, thinking it was her own shadow--and she never thought till now that she was so handsome--she gave a cast to the dish that was in her hand, and it was broken on the ground, and she took herself to the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/31/234/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Celtic Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/) / [The Battle of the Birds](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/31/) / 234 # Celtic Fairy Tales, The Battle of the Birds, sentence 234 When the shoemaker's wife reached the well, and when she saw the shadow of her that was in the tree, thinking it was her own shadow--and she never thought till now that she was so handsome--she gave a cast to the dish that was in her hand, and it was broken on the ground, and she took herself to the house without vessel or water. **Who acts:** wife, that, well, dish · **What happens:** reach, see, be, think, not think, give · **To what, where:** well, shadow, own shadow, cast, dish, hand · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, The Battle of the Birds. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wife, that, well, dish), 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:pg7885:31:234 # text = When the shoemaker's wife reached the well, and when she saw the shadow of her that was in the tree, thinking it was her own shadow--and she never thought till now that she was so handsome--she gave a cast to the dish that was in her hand, and it was broken on the ground, and she took herself to the house without vessel or water. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 6 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 shoemaker shoemaker NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 conj _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 27 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 -- -- PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 35 till till ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 obl _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 so so ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 -- -- PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 cast cast NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 dish dish NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 50 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 54 nsubj _ _ 51 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 cop _ _ 52 in in ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 57 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj:pass _ _ 58 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 aux:pass _ _ 59 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 conj _ _ 60 on on ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 65 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 66 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 67 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 66 obj _ _ 68 to to ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obl _ _ 71 without without ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 72 vessel vessel NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obl _ _ 73 or or CCONJ CC _ 74 cc _ _ 74 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past | the shoemaker's wife | the well | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent well=Theme | | 2 | **see** | past | wife | the shadow | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shadow=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** | past | that | | | | | of wife's tree | tree rules | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | wife *not said here* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** | past | well | wife's own shadow | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | past | wife | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | past | wife | | | | | handsome *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **give** | past | wife | a cast | the dish | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent cast=Theme to dish=Recipient | | 9 | **is** | past | the dish | | | wife's hand | | | tree rules | | 10 | **break** | past · passive | | well | | the ground | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 11 | **take** | past | wife | wife | | the house | | without vessel or water | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent herself=Theme to house=Destination | 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:** «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7885 (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 233](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/31/233/) - next →: [sentence 235](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/31/235/) - ↑ back to [The Battle of the Birds](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/31/)