--- title: Now I was free to go and see her often under the pretence of seeing… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now I was free to go and see her often under the pretence of seeing how the work was going on, and one day, when her mother had gone to the town, I ventured to throw off my disguise, and tell her of my love. Who acts: I, pretence, work, mother. 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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 (I, pretence, work, mother), 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:pg2435:17:69 # text = Now I was free to go and see her often under the pretence of seeing how the work was going on, and one day, when her mother had gone to the town, I ventured to throw off my disguise, and tell her of my love. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 9 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 often often ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 11 under under ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 pretence pretence NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 14 of of SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 15 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 acl _ _ 16 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 conj _ _ 21 on on ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 24 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nummod _ _ 25 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 when when SCONJ WRB _ 31 mark _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 acl:relcl _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 ventured venture VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 off off ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 disguise disguise NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 46 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 iobj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | I | | | | now | free *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **see** | infinitive | I *not said here* | maiden | | the pretence | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 4 | **see** | gerund | the pretence *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **go on** | past · progressive | the work | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **go** | past · perfect | maiden's mother | | | the town | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to town=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **venture** | past | I | | | | day | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **throw off** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | my disguise | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent disguise=Theme | | 9 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | | | maiden | | | of my love | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 10 | **love** | | my | | | | | | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | 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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/17/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/17/70/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/17/)