--- title: “When the apparition saw that I gave no heed to him he ceased to urg… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “When the apparition saw that I gave no heed to him he ceased to urge me, saying only: ‘Some day you will rue this,’ and looked at me sadly. Who acts: apparition, you. 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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 (apparition, you), 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:pg2435:15:85 # text = “When the apparition saw that I gave no heed to him he ceased to urge me, saying only: ‘Some day you will rue this,’ and looked at me sadly. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 apparition apparition NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 9 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 10 det _ _ 10 heed heed NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 ceased cease VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 urge urge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 20 only only ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 22 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 24 det _ _ 24 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl:unmarked _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 rue rue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 ccomp _ _ 28 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 35 sadly sadly ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** *in a quote* | past | the apparition | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **give** *in a quote* | past | apparition | no heed | apparition | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent heed=Theme to he=Recipient | | 3 | **cease** *in a quote* | past | apparition | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **urge** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | apparition *not said here* | | apparition | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | gerund | apparition *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **rue** *in a quote* | future | you | this | | | day | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 7 | **look** *in a quote* | past | the apparition *not said here* | | | | | at apparition; sadly *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at i=Theme | 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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/15/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/15/86/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/15/)