--- title: More quickly than he could have thought possible they reached an inn… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: More quickly than he could have thought possible they reached an inn by the road-side, and turning to his companion the king’s son said, “I am hungry; let us go in and have something to eat.” Who acts: son, miles, I, us. 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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 (son, miles, I, us), 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:pg2435:37:67 # text = More quickly than he could have thought possible they reached an inn by the road-side, and turning to his companion the king’s son said, “I am hungry; let us go in and have something to eat.” 1 More more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 2 advmod _ _ 2 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 3 than than SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux _ _ 7 thought think VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 8 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 11 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 inn inn NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 15 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 turning turn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 ccomp _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 companion companion NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ’s 's PART POS _ 25 case _ _ 27 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 28 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 “ " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 33 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 35 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 ccomp _ _ 36 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 in in ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 41 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 40 obj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ” " PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | could · perfect | son | | | | | possible *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **reach** | past | miles *= mile* | a inn | | | | by the road side; quickly *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent inn=Theme | | 3 | **turn** | gerund | | | | son's companion the king's son | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to companion=Trajectory | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | hungry *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | us | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **go in** *in a quote* | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **have** *in a quote* | present | | something | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Patient | | 9 | **eat** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | something *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/37/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/37/68/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/37/)