--- title: At last, when he had almost made up his mind that he must accept the… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At last, when he had almost made up his mind that he must accept the next place offered him, he happened to knock at the door of a rich merchant who was in need of a scullion, and gladly agreed to do the cook’s bidding, and it was in this merchant’s house that he first learned how great were the ric --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/11/42/) [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/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/11/) / 42 # The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 11, sentence 42 At last, when he had almost made up his mind that he must accept the next place offered him, he happened to knock at the door of a rich merchant who was in need of a scullion, and gladly agreed to do the cook’s bidding, and it was in this merchant’s house that he first learned how great were the riches of the land of Kungla. **Who acts:** Tiidu, next place, rich merchant, place, house, cook · **What happens:** make up, accept, offer, happen, knock, be · **To what, where:** mind, last, Tiidu, need, bidding, house This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Tiidu, next place, rich merchant, place), 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:pg2435:11:42 # text = At last, when he had almost made up his mind that he must accept the next place offered him, he happened to knock at the door of a rich merchant who was in need of a scullion, and gladly agreed to do the cook’s bidding, and it was in this merchant’s house that he first learned how great were the riches of the land of Kungla. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 when when SCONJ WRB _ 8 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 almost almost ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 9 up up ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 accept accept VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 offered offer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 knock knock VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 need need NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 scullion scullion NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 gladly gladly ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 agreed agree VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 advcl _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 cook cook NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ’s 's PART POS _ 47 case _ _ 49 bidding bidding NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 52 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 53 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 cop _ _ 54 in in ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 55 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 56 det _ _ 56 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ’s 's PART POS _ 56 case _ _ 58 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nsubj _ _ 59 that that SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 60 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 61 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 62 advmod _ _ 62 learned learn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 advcl _ _ 63 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 64 advmod _ _ 64 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 xcomp _ _ 65 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 67 cop _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 riches rich NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 ccomp _ _ 68 of of ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nmod _ _ 71 of of ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 72 Kungla Kungla PROPN NNP Number=Sing 70 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make up** | past · perfect | Tiidu | Tiidu's mind | | | | almost *property* | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | | 2 | **accept** | must | Tiidu | | | last | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **offer** | past | the next place | | Tiidu | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **happen** | past | Tiidu | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **knock** | to-infinitive | Tiidu *not said here* | | | | | at the door of a rich merchant and need | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at door=Patient | | 6 | **is** | past | a rich merchant and need | | | need | | of a scullion | tree rules | | 7 | **agree** *speech: agree* | participle | the next place *not said here* | | | | | gladly *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the next place *not said here* | the cook's bidding | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bidding=Eventuality | | 9 | **is** | past | place | | | this merchant's house | | | tree rules | | 10 | **learn** | past | Tiidu | | | | | first, great *property* | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **is a** | past | this merchant's house | the riches | | | | of the land of Kungla | tree rules | | 12 | **mind** | | Tiidu | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 13 | **bid** | | the cook | | | | | | nom bidding «communication transitive»: 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:** «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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/11/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/11/43/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/11/)