--- title: When the meeting was over, he began to make inquiries about a small… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the meeting was over, he began to make inquiries about a small estate that was for sale near the town, and after he had bought it the next thing was to find a wife to share it with him. Who acts: meeting, king, that, next thing. 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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 (meeting, king, that, next thing), 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:pg2435:12:57 # text = When the meeting was over, he began to make inquiries about a small estate that was for sale near the town, and after he had bought it the next thing was to find a wife to share it with him. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 meeting meeting NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 over over ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 inquiries inquiry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 12 about about ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 estate estate NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 16 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 sale sale NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 20 near near ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 after after SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 bought buy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 share share VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 acl _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the meeting | | | | | over *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **begin** | past | king | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **make** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | inquiries | | | | about a small estate and sale | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset inquiry=Product | | 4 | **is** | past | that | | | the town | | for sale | tree rules | | 5 | **buy** | past · perfect | king | meeting | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | the next thing | | | | | find *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **share** | to-infinitive | the next thing *not said here* | meeting | | | | with king | tree rules | 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/58/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/)