--- title: Thereupon he showed him the treasure hidden under the nails, and unf… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Thereupon he showed him the treasure hidden under the nails, and unfolded to him his plan, which was that Friedlin should play the part of the rich son-in-law, and keep a still tongue, that they might enjoy their wealth together in peace. Who acts: man, Friedlin, nails. 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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 (man, Friedlin, nails), 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:pg2435:17:84 # text = Thereupon he showed him the treasure hidden under the nails, and unfolded to him his plan, which was that Friedlin should play the part of the rich son-in-law, and keep a still tongue, that they might enjoy their wealth together in peace. 1 Thereupon thereupon ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 8 under under ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 nails nail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 unfolded unfold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 19 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 obj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 Friedlin Friedlin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 23 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 acl:relcl _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 still still ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 tongue tongue NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 enjoy enjoy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 46 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 together together ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | past | man | the treasure | master | | | thereupon *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient treasure=Topic | | 2 | **hide** | participle | | the treasure *not said here* | | the nails | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under nail=Location | | 3 | **unfold** | participle | man *not said here* | man's plan | man | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent plan=Patient to he=Result | | 4 | **is** | should · past | Friedlin | | | | | play *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **keep** | infinitive | man *not said here* | a tongue | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tongue=Theme | | 6 | **enjoy** | might | nails *= nail* | nails's wealth | | peace | | together *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wealth=Stimulus | | 7 | **plan** | | man | | | | | | nom plan «cognition 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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/17/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/17/85/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/17/)