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title: And in order that no one should guess that he was any better than a… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
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# The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 13, sentence 10

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And in order that no one should guess that he was any better than a goose-boy should be, he rubbed his face and his rags over with mud, and made himself altogether such a disgusting object that every one crossed over to the other side of the road when he was seen coming.

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**Who acts:** one, boy · **What happens:** guess, be, rub, make, cross over, see · **To what, where:** order, face, boy, disgusting object, other side

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This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one, boy), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg2435:13:10
# text = And in order that no one should guess that he was any better than a goose-boy should be, he rubbed his face and his rags over with mud, and made himself altogether such a disgusting object that every one crossed over to the other side of the road when he was seen coming.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	guess	guess	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	any	any	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	advcl	_	_
14	than	than	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
16	goose	goose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
19	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
20	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
22	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
23	rubbed	rub	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
24	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
25	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
27	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	28	nmod:poss	_	_
28	rags	rag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	conj	_	_
29	over	over	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
30	with	with	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
34	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	conj	_	_
35	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	34	obj	_	_
36	altogether	altogether	ADV	RB	_	34	advmod	_	_
37	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	40	det:predet	_	_
38	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
39	disgusting	disgusting	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
40	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	_
41	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	44	nsubj:pass	_	_
42	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	43	det	_	_
43	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	nsubj	_	_
44	crossed	cross	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	40	acl:relcl	_	_
45	over	over	ADP	RP	_	44	compound:prt	_	_
46	to	to	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
48	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	amod	_	_
49	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obl	_	_
50	of	of	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	nmod	_	_
53	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	56	mark	_	_
54	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	56	nsubj	_	_
55	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	56	aux:pass	_	_
56	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	44	advcl	_	_
57	coming	come	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	56	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	23	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guess** | should | no one | order *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past | boy |  |  |  |  | any, good *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **rub** | past | boy | boy's face and boy's rags |  | order |  | with mud; over *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent face=Theme in order=Destination |
| 4 | **make** | past | boy *not said here* | boy |  |  |  | such disgusting object *obl*; altogether *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset himself=Product |
| 5 | **cross over** | participle · passive |  | such disgusting object | the other side of the road |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Patient to side=Recipient |
| 6 | **see** | past · passive |  | boy |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **come** | gerund | boy *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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