--- title: For a long time they talked, and neither would listen to the other,… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: For a long time they talked, and neither would listen to the other, till the Sultan sent for the door-keeper and bade him go instantly to the house of Abu Nowas and see if it was the man or his wife who was dead. Who acts: tears, Sultan, house, wife. 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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 (tears, Sultan, house, wife), 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:pg2435:28:116 # text = For a long time they talked, and neither would listen to the other, till the Sultan sent for the door-keeper and bade him go instantly to the house of Abu Nowas and see if it was the man or his wife who was dead. 1 For for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 talked talk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 neither neither ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 10 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 listen listen VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 till till SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 22 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 keeper keeper NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 bade bade NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 29 instantly instantly ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Abu Abu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 35 Nowas Nowas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 flat _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 38 if if SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 ccomp _ _ 43 or or CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ _ 46 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 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 45 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** | past | tears *= tear* | | | | time | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **listen** | would | | | | | | to the other; neither *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to other=Theme | | 3 | **send** | past | the Sultan | | | | | for the door keeper and bade | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **go** | present | | | | the house of Abu | | instantly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **see** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | house | the man or Abu's wife | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | past | Abu's wife | | | | | 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 115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/28/115/) - next →: [sentence 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/28/117/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/28/)