--- title: He wandered through the streets for many days, seeking some one who… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He wandered through the streets for many days, seeking some one who wanted a servant; but though more than one person would have been glad to engage him, they seemed to Tiidu not the sort of people to help him to get rich quickly. Who acts: Tiidu, one, one person, owners. 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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 (Tiidu, one, one person, owners), 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:pg2435:11:41 # text = He wandered through the streets for many days, seeking some one who wanted a servant; but though more than one person would have been glad to engage him, they seemed to Tiidu not the sort of people to help him to get rich quickly. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wandered wander VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 through through ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 streets street NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 seeking seek VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 11 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 12 det _ _ 12 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 14 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 19 though though SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 20 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV 22 advmod _ _ 21 than than ADP IN _ 20 fixed _ _ 22 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 23 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 24 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 25 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 27 aux _ _ 26 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 cop _ _ 27 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 advcl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 engage engage VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 Tiidu Tiidu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 sort sort NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 xcomp _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 46 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 xcomp _ _ 47 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wander** | past | Tiidu | | | the streets | day | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through street=Trajectory | | 2 | **seek** | gerund | Tiidu *not said here* | some one | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | | 3 | **want** | past | some one | a servant | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot servant=Theme | | 4 | **is** | would · perfect | one person | | | | | glad *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **engage** | to-infinitive | one person *not said here* | Tiidu | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 6 | **seem** | past | owners *= owner* | the sort of people | Tiidu | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **help** | to-infinitive | owners *= owner* *not said here* | Tiidu | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 8 | **get** | to-infinitive | Tiidu *not said here* | | | | | quickly, rich *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **sort** | | | people | | | | | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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:** «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/11/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/11/42/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/11/)