--- title: “Comrade,” cried Friedlin indignantly, for he thought Peter did but… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Comrade,” cried Friedlin indignantly, for he thought Peter did but jest with him, “it is ill done to mock at an unhappy man; you had better find someone else who will let himself be taken in with your fine promises.” Who acts: Comrade, Peter, advice, 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 (Comrade, Peter, advice, 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:pg2435:17:81 # text = “Comrade,” cried Friedlin indignantly, for he thought Peter did but jest with him, “it is ill done to mock at an unhappy man; you had better find someone else who will let himself be taken in with your fine promises.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Comrade comrade NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 Friedlin Friedlin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 flat _ _ 7 indignantly indignantly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 for for SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 12 Peter Peter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 jest jest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 “ " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 22 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 advcl _ _ 23 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 mock mock VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 26 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 unhappy unhappy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 33 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 32 xcomp _ _ 34 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 34 obj _ _ 36 else else ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 38 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 acl:relcl _ _ 40 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 42 nsubj _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 xcomp _ _ 43 in in ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 46 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 promises promise NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | Comrade | | | | | indignantly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Comrade | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **do** | past | Peter | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **jest** *speech: other* | infinitive | Comrade *not said here* | | | | | with Peter | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with he=Co-Agent | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | advice | | | | | ill *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **do** *in a quote* | participle | advice *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **mock** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | advice *not said here* | | | | | at a unhappy man | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **have** *in a quote* | past | you | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **find** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | someone | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Topic | | 10 | **let** *in a quote* | future | | | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **take in** *in a quote* | infinitive · passive | | man | | | | with your fine promises | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 12 | **promise** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom promise «communication 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/17/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/17/82/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/17/)