--- title: Tiidu did not like this advice—he was afraid that the people would l… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Tiidu did not like this advice—he was afraid that the people would laugh at him; and, besides, it was long since he had touched his pipes—but the old man persisted, and at last Tiidu did as he was told. Who acts: Tiidu, people, old man. 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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, people, old man), 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:pg2435:11:64 # text = Tiidu did not like this advice—he was afraid that the people would laugh at him; and, besides, it was long since he had touched his pipes—but the old man persisted, and at last Tiidu did as he was told. 1 Tiidu Tiidu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 — - PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 14 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 laugh laugh VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 21 besides besides INTJ UH _ 29 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux:pass _ _ 25 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 29 advmod _ _ 26 since since SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 touched touch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 pipes pipe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 — - PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 persisted persist VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 40 at at ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 Tiidu Tiidu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 43 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 44 as as SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **like** | past · do-support | Tiidu | this advice | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot advice=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | Tiidu | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **laugh** | would | the people | | | | | at Tiidu | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **touch** | past · perfect · passive | | advice | | | | long *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer pipe=Result | | 5 | **persist** | past | the old man | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **do** | past | the old man *not said here* | | | last Tiidu | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | man | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/11/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/11/65/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/11/)