--- title: The merchant would rather not have gone, as he did not like leaving… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The merchant would rather not have gone, as he did not like leaving his daughters at home, but he could not refuse to obey the king’s commands, and with a heavy heart he returned home to say farewell to them. Who acts: merchant, king. 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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 (merchant, king), 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:pg2435:38:37 # text = The merchant would rather not have gone, as he did not like leaving his daughters at home, but he could not refuse to obey the king’s commands, and with a heavy heart he returned home to say farewell to them. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 4 rather rather ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 6 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux _ _ 7 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 14 leaving leave VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 xcomp _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 refuse refuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 obey obey VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ’s 's PART POS _ 28 case _ _ 30 commands command NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 39 home home ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 advcl _ _ 42 farewell farewell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 ccomp _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **go** | would · perfect | the merchant | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **like** | past · do-support | merchant | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **leave** *not said to happen* | gerund | merchant *not said here* | merchant's daughters | | home | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme at home=Location | | 4 | **not** **refuse** | could | merchant | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **obey** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | merchant *not said here* | the king's commands | | | | | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent command=Theme | | 6 | **return** | past | merchant | | | | | with a heavy heart; home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | merchant *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **farewell** | infinitive | | | commands *= command* | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **command** | | the king | | | | | | nom command «communication transitive»: poss=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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/38/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/38/38/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/38/)