--- title: The old men warned him that he must ask her for the chest which stoo… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The old men warned him that he must ask her for the chest which stood at the foot of her bed, for whatever lay on the top of the bed, and for what lay under the side of the cave. Who acts: old men, man, chest, whatever. 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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 (old men, man, chest, whatever), 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:pg2435:22:64 # text = The old men warned him that he must ask her for the chest which stood at the foot of her bed, for whatever lay on the top of the bed, and for what lay under the side of the cave. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 warned warn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 10 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 iobj _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 chest chest NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 15 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 for for SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 25 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 for for SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 36 nsubj _ _ 36 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 37 under under ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past | the old men | | Litill | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | must | man | | friend | | | for the chest | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 3 | **stand** | past | the chest | | | the foot of friend's bed | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at foot=Location | | 4 | **lie** | past | whatever | | | the top of the bed | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on top=Location | | 5 | **lie** | past | | | | the side of the cave | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under side=Location | 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/22/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/22/65/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/22/)