--- title: When he entered the shop, his master came forward to ask what was hi… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When he entered the shop, his master came forward to ask what was his pleasure, but as soon as he saw who it was he called his workmen, and they all fell on Labakan with blows and angry words, till at last he fell, half fainting, on a heap of old clothes. Who acts: midst, master, workmen. 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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 (midst, master, workmen), 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:pg2435:35:112 # text = When he entered the shop, his master came forward to ask what was his pleasure, but as soon as he saw who it was he called his workmen, and they all fell on Labakan with blows and angry words, till at last he fell, half fainting, on a heap of old clothes. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 shop shop NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 forward forward ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 13 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 16 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 19 as as ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 23 advmod _ _ 21 as as SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 24 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 ccomp _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 workmen workman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 35 advmod _ _ 35 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 36 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 Labakan Labakan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 blows blow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 44 till till ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 at at ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 half half ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 51 advmod _ _ 51 fainting faint VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 48 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 53 on on ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 heap heap NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 conj _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 55 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enter** | past | midst | the shop | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme shop=Destination | | 2 | **come forward** | past | midst's master | | | | | forward *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | midst's master *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** | past | | midst's pleasure | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **see** | past | midst | | | | | soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **is** | past | | | | | | call *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **fall** | past | workmen *= workman* | | | Labakan | | with blows and angry words | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on labakan=Location | | 8 | **fall** | past | midst | | | | till last | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **faint** | gerund | midst *not said here* | | | | | half *property* | vn change\_bodily\_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/35/111/) - next →: [sentence 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/35/113/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/35/)