--- title: He went sorrowfully about his work for the space of half a year, whe… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He went sorrowfully about his work for the space of half a year, when, one night, he dreamed that he moved the diamond ring given him by the maiden from his right hand and put it on the wedding finger of the left. Who acts: Peter, diamond ring. 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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 (Peter, diamond ring), 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:pg2435:28:56 # text = He went sorrowfully about his work for the space of half a year, when, one night, he dreamed that he moved the diamond ring given him by the maiden from his right hand and put it on the wedding finger of the left. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 sorrowfully sorrowfully ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 about about ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 space space NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 13 det:predet _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 dreamed dream VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 ccomp _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 diamond diamond ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 28 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 by by ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 from from ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 on on ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 left left NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Peter | | | | | about Peter's work for the space of half year and one night; sorrowfully *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme about work=Location | | 2 | **dream** | past | Peter | | | | | | vn cognize-85 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **move** | past | Peter | the diamond ring | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ring=Theme | | 4 | **give** | participle | the diamond ring *not said here* | Peter | | Peter's right hand | | by the maiden | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **put** | infinitive | Peter *not said here* | ring | | the wedding finger of the left | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme on finger=Destination | | 6 | **work** | | Peter | | | | | for the space of half year and one night | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent for=obl | 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/28/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/28/57/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/28/)