--- title: A buyer was not long in coming forward, and while they were making t… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: A buyer was not long in coming forward, and while they were making the bargain a wicked thought darted into the tanuki’s head, that if he got rid of the fox there would be more food for him and his son. Who acts: buyer, 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 (buyer, 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:pg2435:32:39 # text = A buyer was not long in coming forward, and while they were making the bargain a wicked thought darted into the tanuki’s head, that if he got rid of the fox there would be more food for him and his son. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 buyer buyer NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 in in SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 8 forward forward ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 while while SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 bargain bargain NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 20 darted dart VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl _ _ 21 into into ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 tanuki tanuki NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ’s 's PART POS _ 23 case _ _ 25 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 28 if if SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 nsubj _ _ 31 rid rid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 xcomp _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 30 advmod _ _ 36 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 cop _ _ 38 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 39 amod _ _ 39 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nmod _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past | a buyer | | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **come forward** | gerund | a buyer *not said here* | | | | | forward *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **make** | past · progressive | wife | the bargain | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset bargain=Beneficiary thought=Product | | 4 | **dart** | participle | | a wicked thought *not said here* | | the tanuki's head | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into head=Destination | | 5 | **get** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | buyer | | | there | | rid *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is a** | would | | more food | | | | for Tanuki | 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/32/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/32/40/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/32/)