--- title: He was furious at this new trick which he felt had been played on hi… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He was furious at this new trick which he felt had been played on him by Maria, and was still looking at them, wondering how he should pay her out, when he was told that the merchant, Maria’s father, had finished the business on which he had been sent and returned home. 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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 (king, new trick, Maria), 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:pg2435:38:74 # text = He was furious at this new trick which he felt had been played on him by Maria, and was still looking at them, wondering how he should pay her out, when he was told that the merchant, Maria’s father, had finished the business on which he had been sent and returned home. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 furious furious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 6 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 trick trick NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 played play VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 xcomp _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ _ 16 by by ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Maria Maria PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 still still ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 wondering wonder VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 conj _ _ 27 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 ccomp _ _ 31 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 out out ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 when when SCONJ WRB _ 37 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 Maria Maria PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’s 's PART POS _ 42 case _ _ 44 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 46 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 ccomp _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 business business NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 on on ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 55 obl _ _ 52 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 53 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 54 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 55 aux:pass _ _ 55 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 acl:relcl _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 returned return VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 55 conj _ _ 58 home home ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | king | | | this new trick | | furious *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **feel** | past | this new trick | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **play** | past · perfect · passive | Maria | | | | | on king | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **look** | past · progressive | this new trick *not said here* | | | | still | at cries *= cry* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at they=Theme | | 5 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund | this new trick *not said here* | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **pay out** | should | king | Maria | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Asset | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | king | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **finish** | past · perfect · passive | | the merchant and Maria's father | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **send** | past · perfect · passive | | king | | the business | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 10 | **return** | participle | | | | | | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/38/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/38/75/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/38/)