--- title: It was derived, in all probability, from the _Gesta Romanorum_, c. 1… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: It was derived, in all probability, from the _Gesta Romanorum_, c. 103, where two of the three pieces of advice are "Avoid a byeway," "Beware of a house where the housewife is younger than her husband." Who acts: two, housewife. A sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XXII. Story of Iva --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/56/9/) [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/) / [XXII. Story of Ivan.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/56/) / 9 # Celtic Fairy Tales, XXII. Story of Ivan., sentence 9 It was derived, in all probability, from the \_Gesta Romanorum\_, c. 103, where two of the three pieces of advice are "Avoid a byeway," "Beware of a house where the housewife is younger than her husband." **Who acts:** two, housewife · **What happens:** derive, be, beware · **To what, where:** story, probability · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XXII. Story of Ivan.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (two, housewife), 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:pg7885:56:9 # text = It was derived, in all probability, from the _Gesta Romanorum_, c. 103, where two of the three pieces of advice are "Avoid a byeway," "Beware of a house where the housewife is younger than her husband." 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 derived derive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 probability probability NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 11 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Gesta Gesta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 13 Romanorum Romanorum PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 14 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 c. c. X FW Foreign=Yes 17 nsubj _ _ 17 103 103 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 19 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 29 advmod _ _ 20 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nsubj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ _ 24 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 27 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 " " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 Avoid avoid VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 parataxis _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 byeway byeway NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 " " PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ 34 " " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 Beware beware VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 43 advmod _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 housewife housewife NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 42 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 43 younger young ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 38 advcl _ _ 44 than than ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **derive** | past · passive | | story | | all probability | | from the 103 | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: subject=Result from 103=Material | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | two of the three pieces of advice | | | | | avoid *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **beware** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | of a house | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the housewife | | | | | than housewife's husband; young *property* | tree rules | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/56/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/56/10/) - ↑ back to [XXII. Story of Ivan.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/56/)