--- title: He was very kindly received, for he was extremely good-looking and h… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He was very kindly received, for he was extremely good-looking and had charming manners, so he lost no time in asking for her hand and her parents gave her to him with joy. Who acts: he, time, parents. 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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 (he, time, parents), 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:pg2435:2:1 # text = He was very kindly received, for he was extremely good-looking and had charming manners, so he lost no time in asking for her hand and her parents gave her to him with joy. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 kindly kindly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 received receive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 7 for for SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 10 extremely extremely ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 11 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 16 charming charm VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 xcomp _ _ 17 manners manners NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 22 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 23 det _ _ 23 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 in in SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 25 asking ask VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 acl _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 32 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 iobj _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **receive** | past · passive | | He | | | | kindly *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **look** | past · progressive | he | | | | | extremely *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **have** | past | he *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **charm** | gerund | he *not said here* | manners | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus manners=Experiencer | | 5 | **lose** | past | he | | | | time | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | no time *not said here* | | | | | for her hand | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **give** | past | her parents | | her *= she* | | | to him *= he*; with joy | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Theme to he=Recipient | 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: [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 1, 115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/1/115/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/2/2/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/2/)