--- title: His passion of saving had increased to such a pitch that it was only… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: His passion of saving had increased to such a pitch that it was only by his master’s orders that he ever bought any new clothes, “For,” said the merchant, “I will not have dirty people in my house.” Who acts: passion, sight, merchant. 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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 (passion, sight, merchant), 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:pg2435:11:50 # text = His passion of saving had increased to such a pitch that it was only by his master’s orders that he ever bought any new clothes, “For,” said the merchant, “I will not have dirty people in my house.” 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 passion passion NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 saving saving NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 increased increase VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 10 det:predet _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 pitch pitch NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 14 only only ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 15 by by ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ’s 's PART POS _ 17 case _ _ 19 orders order NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 23 advmod _ _ 23 bought buy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 24 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 26 det _ _ 25 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 “ " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 For for SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ” " PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ 32 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 “ " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 40 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 41 dirty dirty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **increase** | past · perfect · passive | | sight's passion of saving | | | | to such pitch *result* | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.initial\_state PP.result»: subject=Extent to pitch=Result | | 2 | **is** | past | passion | | | | | by sight's master's orders | tree rules | | 3 | **buy** | past | sight | any new clothes | | | ever | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the merchant | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **have** *in a quote* | future | the merchant *= merchant* | dirty people | | my house | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/11/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/11/51/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/11/)