--- title: He implored her not to hurt him, but to let him stay there for the r… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He implored her not to hurt him, but to let him stay there for the rest of the night, to which she consented, on condition that he should spend the next day in doing any task which she might choose to set him. Who acts: beggar, voice, task. 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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, voice, task), 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:pg2435:21:112 # text = He implored her not to hurt him, but to let him stay there for the rest of the night, to which she consented, on condition that he should spend the next day in doing any task which she might choose to set him. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 implored implore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 hurt hurt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 obl _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 consented consent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 spend spend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 acl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 36 in in SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 37 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 38 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 39 det _ _ 39 task task NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 acl:relcl _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **implore** | past | beggar | | voice | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 2 | **not** **hurt** | to-infinitive | beggar *not said here* | beggar | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Patient | | 3 | **let** | to-infinitive | beggar *not said here* | beggar | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **stay** | infinitive | beggar *not said here* | | | there | | for the rest of the night | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **consent** | past | voice | | | condition | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to which=Theme | | 6 | **spend** | should | beggar | condition *not said here* | | | day | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent condition=Asset | | 7 | **do** | gerund | beggar *not said here* | any task | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent task=Eventuality | | 8 | **choose** | might | any task | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **set** | to-infinitive | any task *not said here* | beggar | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient he=Result | 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 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/21/111/) - next →: [sentence 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/21/113/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/21/)