--- title: “Indeed there is nothing that would be more welcome to me than a nig… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Indeed there is nothing that would be more welcome to me than a night’s lodging,” answered the boy; “I have been wandering all day in the forest, and did not know how to get home again. Who acts: nothing, boy. 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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 (nothing, boy), 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:pg2435:13:92 # text = “Indeed there is nothing that would be more welcome to me than a night’s lodging,” answered the boy; “I have been wandering all day in the forest, and did not know how to get home again. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Indeed indeed ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 4 expl _ _ 4 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 5 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 nsubj _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 7 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 cop _ _ 9 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 10 advmod _ _ 10 welcome welcome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 acl:relcl _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ _ 13 than than ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ’s 's PART POS _ 15 case _ _ 17 lodging lodging NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 20 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 “ " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 aux _ _ 28 wandering wonder VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 29 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 30 det _ _ 30 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl:unmarked _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 39 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 41 advmod _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 ccomp _ _ 42 home home ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 43 again again ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** *in a quote* | present | nothing | | | there | | indeed *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | would | | | the boy *= boy* | | | than a night's lodging; welcome *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the boy | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **wonder** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | present · perfect · progressive | the boy *= boy* | | | the forest | day | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | past · do-support | the boy *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **get** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | again | home *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/13/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/13/93/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/13/)