--- title: The old man did not see the use of this, but Maria had so often help… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The old man did not see the use of this, but Maria had so often helped him before that he had confidence in her, so he put the chalk in his pocket and went to the palace. Who acts: old man, Maria, man. 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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 (old man, Maria, man), 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:pg2435:38:81 # text = The old man did not see the use of this, but Maria had so often helped him before that he had confidence in her, so he put the chalk in his pocket and went to the palace. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 Maria Maria PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 16 often often ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 helped help VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 before before SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 23 confidence confidence NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 chalk chalk NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **see** | past · do-support | the old man | the use of this | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer use=Stimulus | | 2 | **have** | past | Maria | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **help** | past | Maria *not said here* | | man | | | often *property* | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary | | 4 | **have** | past | man | confidence | | | | in Maria | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent confidence=Patient | | 5 | **put** | past | man | the chalk | | man's pocket | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent chalk=Theme in pocket=Destination | | 6 | **go** | past | man *not said here* | | | the palace | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to palace=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **use** | | | this | | | | | nom use «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/38/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/38/82/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/38/)