--- title: “Bitter as it was to me, I was forced to go when she bade me, and I… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Bitter as it was to me, I was forced to go when she bade me, and I have wandered about ever since, with grief gnawing at my heart; for how can a masterless man, without money or goods, ever hope to win the lovely Lucia?” Who acts: Bitter, maiden, grief, masterless man. 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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 (Bitter, maiden, grief, masterless man), 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:pg2435:17:72 # text = “Bitter as it was to me, I was forced to go when she bade me, and I have wandered about ever since, with grief gnawing at my heart; for how can a masterless man, without money or goods, ever hope to win the lovely Lucia?” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Bitter bitter NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 bade bade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 17 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 wandered wander VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 conj _ _ 23 about about ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 22 advmod _ _ 25 since since ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 grief grief NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 29 gnawing gnaw VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 acl _ _ 30 at at ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 36 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 masterless masterless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 without without ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ _ 43 or or CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 goods goods NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 47 advmod _ _ 47 hope hope VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 xcomp _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 Lucia Lucia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ? ? PUNCT . _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ” " PUNCT '' _ 49 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | Bitter | | | | | to maiden | tree rules | | 2 | **force** *in a quote* | past · passive | | Bitter | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **go** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Bitter *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **bade** *in a quote* | past | maiden | maiden | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **wander** *in a quote* | present · perfect | maiden | | | | ever | with grief; since *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **gnaw** *in a quote* | gerund | grief *not said here* | | | | | at my heart | vn chew-39.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at heart=Patient | | 7 | **hope** *in a quote* | present | a masterless man and money or goods *not said here* | | | | ever | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 8 | **win** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | a masterless man and money or goods *not said here* | the lovely Lucia | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lucia=Eventuality | 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/17/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/17/73/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/17/)