--- title: At length he was free to do as he liked, and he had more invitations… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At length he was free to do as he liked, and he had more invitations to play than he could manage to accept, and at night, when the citizens used to go and drink in the inn, the landlord always begged Tiidu to come and play to them. Who acts: Tiidu, more invitations, citizens, landlord. 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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, more invitations, citizens, landlord), 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:pg2435:11:81 # text = At length he was free to do as he liked, and he had more invitations to play than he could manage to accept, and at night, when the citizens used to go and drink in the inn, the landlord always begged Tiidu to come and play to them. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 liked like VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 15 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 16 amod _ _ 16 invitations invitation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 19 than than SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 manage manage VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 accept accept VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 when when SCONJ WRB _ 33 mark _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 citizens citizen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj _ _ 33 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 inn inn NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 landlord landlord NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 44 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 45 advmod _ _ 45 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 46 Tiidu Tiidu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 conj _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Tiidu | | | length | | free *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | Tiidu *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **like** | past | Tiidu | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **have** | past | Tiidu | more invitations | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **play** | to-infinitive | more invitations *not said here* | | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **manage** | could | Tiidu | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **accept** | to-infinitive | Tiidu *not said here* | | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **use** | past | the citizens | | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 9 | **go** | to-infinitive | the citizens *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **drink** | infinitive | the citizens *not said here* | | | the inn | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | | the landlord | Tiidu | | night | always *property* | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent tiidu=Recipient clause=Topic | | 12 | **come** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the landlord *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 13 | **play** | infinitive | the landlord *not said here* | | citizens *= citizen* | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/11/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/11/82/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/11/)