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title: After he had faithfully done everything according to Father Martin’s… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: After he had faithfully done everything according to Father Martin’s instructions, and pressed the earth well back into the hollow, he sat down to consider how he could bring his treasure back to his native place, and enjoy it there, without being forced to share it with his scolding wife, who would
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# The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 17, sentence 42

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After he had faithfully done everything according to Father Martin’s instructions, and pressed the earth well back into the hollow, he sat down to consider how he could bring his treasure back to his native place, and enjoy it there, without being forced to share it with his scolding wife, who would give him no peace if she once found out about it.

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**Who acts:** Peter, you, scolding wife, wife, Father · **What happens:** do, accord, press, sit down, consider, bring back · **To what, where:** everything, earth, treasure, native place, peace, Peter

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This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 17. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Peter, you, scolding wife, wife), 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:pg2435:17:42
# text = After he had faithfully done everything according to Father Martin’s instructions, and pressed the earth well back into the hollow, he sat down to consider how he could bring his treasure back to his native place, and enjoy it there, without being forced to share it with his scolding wife, who would give him no peace if she once found out about it.
1	After	after	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	faithfully	faithfully	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	42	advcl	_	_
6	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	obj	_	_
7	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	case	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	fixed	_	_
9	Father	Father	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	_
10	Martin	Martin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	’s	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
12	instructions	instruction	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	pressed	press	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	19	advmod	_	_
19	back	back	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
20	into	into	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	hollow	hollow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
24	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
25	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	conj	_	_
26	down	down	ADP	RP	_	25	compound:prt	_	_
27	to	to	PART	TO	_	28	mark	_	_
28	consider	consider	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	25	advcl	_	_
29	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	32	advmod	_	_
30	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
31	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	32	aux	_	_
32	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	ccomp	_	_
33	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	34	nmod:poss	_	_
34	treasure	treasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	_
35	back	back	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
36	to	to	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
37	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	39	nmod:poss	_	_
38	native	native	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
42	enjoy	enjoy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
43	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	obj	_	_
44	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	42	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
46	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	48	mark	_	_
47	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	48	aux:pass	_	_
48	forced	force	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	42	parataxis	_	_
49	to	to	PART	TO	_	50	mark	_	_
50	share	share	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	48	xcomp	_	_
51	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	obj	_	_
52	with	with	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
53	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	55	nmod:poss	_	_
54	scolding	scolding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	compound	_	_
55	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
57	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	59	nsubj	_	_
58	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	59	aux	_	_
59	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	55	parataxis	_	_
60	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	59	iobj	_	_
61	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	62	det	_	_
62	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	obj	_	_
63	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	66	mark	_	_
64	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	66	nsubj	_	_
65	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	66	advmod	_	_
66	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	59	advcl	_	_
67	out	out	ADP	RP	_	66	compound:prt	_	_
68	about	about	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
69	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	66	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	42	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past · perfect | Peter | everything |  |  |  | accord Father's instructions; faithfully *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Eventuality |
| 2 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **press** | past |  | the earth |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent earth=Theme |
| 4 | **sit down** | past | Peter |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **consider** | to-infinitive | Peter *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 6 | **bring back** | could | Peter | Peter's treasure |  | Peter's native place |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent treasure=Theme to place=Destination |
| 7 | **enjoy** | imperative | you *not said here* | treasure |  | there |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
| 8 | **force** | gerund · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: clause=Topic |
| 9 | **share** | to-infinitive |  | treasure |  |  |  | with Peter's scolding wife | tree rules |
| 10 | **give** | would | Peter's scolding wife | no peace | Peter |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient peace=Theme |
| 11 | **find out** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | wife |  |  |  |  | about treasure; once *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic |
| 12 | **instruct** |  | Father |  |  |  |  |  | nom instruction «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
| 13 | **treasure** |  | Peter |  |  |  |  |  | nom treasure «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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