--- title: As Michael, the cunning beast, had no desire to continue the convers… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As Michael, the cunning beast, had no desire to continue the conversation, he left the forest; but when he came to the high road he laid himself at full length on the ground, stretching himself out, just as if he was dead. Who acts: Michael. 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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 (Michael), 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:pg2435:24:90 # text = As Michael, the cunning beast, had no desire to continue the conversation, he left the forest; but when he came to the high road he laid himself at full length on the ground, stretching himself out, just as if he was dead. 1 As as ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 Michael Michael PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 cunning cunning ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 8 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 10 det _ _ 10 desire desire NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 continue continue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 acl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 conversation conversation NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 22 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 31 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 30 obj _ _ 32 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 stretching stretch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 40 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 39 obj _ _ 41 out out ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 43 just just ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 44 as as SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 45 if if SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 48 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | | no desire | | | | as Michael | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent desire=Patient | | 2 | **continue** | to-infinitive | | the conversation | | | | | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent conversation=Theme | | 3 | **leave** | past | Michael | the forest | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent forest=Theme | | 4 | **come** | past | Michael | | | the high road | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to road=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **lay** | past | Michael | Michael | | full length on the ground | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent himself=Theme at length=Destination | | 6 | **stretch out** | gerund | Michael *not said here* | Michael | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | | 7 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Michael | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | 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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/24/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/24/91/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/24/)