--- title: At length this longing grew so strong on him that he could bear it n… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At length this longing grew so strong on him that he could bear it no more; and, calling the fairies together, he said to them: “Dear wife and sisters, I must leave you for a time, and go out and see the world. Who acts: longing, Dear wife. 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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 (longing, Dear wife), 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:pg2435:12:83 # text = At length this longing grew so strong on him that he could bear it no more; and, calling the fairies together, he said to them: “Dear wife and sisters, I must leave you for a time, and go out and see the world. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 3 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 longing longing NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 bear bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 no no ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 calling call VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 fairies fairy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 23 together together ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 : : PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 30 “ " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 Dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 ccomp _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 46 out out ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 conj _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | past | this longing | | | length | | strong *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at length=Location | | 2 | **bear** | could | longing | length | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary more=Patient | | 3 | **call** | gerund | this longing *not said here* | | the fairies | | | together *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent fairy=Recipient | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | longing | | fairies *= fairy* | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **leave** *in a quote* | must | Dear wife and sisters | fairies *= fairy* | | | time | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 6 | **go out** *in a quote* | infinitive | this longing *not said here* | | | | | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **see** *in a quote* | infinitive | this longing *not said here* | the world | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer world=Stimulus | 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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/84/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/)