--- title: Not in the open space he was in, for that was bare and cold, and tho… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Not in the open space he was in, for that was bare and cold, and though he had walked a long way that day, and was tired, he dragged himself up, and went on seeking for a shelter. Who acts: beggar, that. 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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 (beggar, that), 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:pg2435:21:109 # text = Not in the open space he was in, for that was bare and cold, and though he had walked a long way that day, and was tired, he dragged himself up, and went on seeking for a shelter. 1 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 space space NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 in in ADV RB _ 5 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 for for SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 bare bare ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 18 though though SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 walked walk VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 det _ _ 26 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 30 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 dragged drag VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 34 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 33 obj _ _ 35 up up ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 39 on on SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 40 seeking seek VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 shelter shelter NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | beggar | the open space *not said here* | | | | in *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | that | | | | | bare *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | that *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **walk** | past · perfect | beggar | a long way | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | beggar *not said here* | | | | | tired *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **drag up** | past | beggar | beggar | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 7 | **go** | past | beggar *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **seek** | gerund | beggar *not said here* | | | | | for a shelter | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for shelter=Theme | 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 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/21/108/) - next →: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/21/110/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/21/)