--- title: As soon as the man understood this, he got up out of the coffin, sei… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as the man understood this, he got up out of the coffin, seized a stick, and called his wife into the room, saying: “Come, and I will tell you what you so much want to know”; and then he began to beat her with the stick, saying with each blow: “It is that, wife, it is that!” Who acts: man, I --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/6/74/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/6/) / 74 # The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 6, sentence 74 As soon as the man understood this, he got up out of the coffin, seized a stick, and called his wife into the room, saying: “Come, and I will tell you what you so much want to know”; and then he began to beat her with the stick, saying with each blow: “It is that, wife, it is that!” **Who acts:** man, I, you, stick, wife · **What happens:** understand, get up, seize, call, say, come · **To what, where:** this, coffin, stick, wife, room, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, I, you, stick), 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:pg2435:6:74 # text = As soon as the man understood this, he got up out of the coffin, seized a stick, and called his wife into the room, saying: “Come, and I will tell you what you so much want to know”; and then he began to beat her with the stick, saying with each blow: “It is that, wife, it is that!” 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 understood understand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 7 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 up up ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 out out ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 coffin coffin NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 into into ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 : : PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 31 “ " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 Come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 iobj _ _ 39 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 43 obj _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 so so ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 much much ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 ccomp _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ” " PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ; ; PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 49 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 51 advmod _ _ 50 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 beat beat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 xcomp _ _ 54 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ _ 55 with with ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 59 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 51 advcl _ _ 60 with with ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 62 det _ _ 62 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 : : PUNCT : _ 67 punct _ _ 64 “ " PUNCT `` _ 67 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 65 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj _ _ 66 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 67 cop _ _ 67 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 69 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 71 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 73 nsubj _ _ 72 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 73 cop _ _ 73 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 67 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 74 ! ! PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 75 ” " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **understand** | past | the man | this | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 2 | **get up** | past | man | | | the coffin | | soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **seize** | past | man *not said here* | a stick | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Theme | | 4 | **call** | past | man *not said here* | man's wife | | the room | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent wife=Topic into room=Recipient | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | man *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | future | I | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **want** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **know** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **begin** | past | man | | | | then | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 11 | **beat** | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | wife | | | | with the stick | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent she=Patient with stick=Instrument | | 12 | **say** *speech: express* | gerund | man *not said here* | | | | | with each blow | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent with blow=Manner | | 13 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | stick | that | | | | | tree rules | | 14 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | wife | that | | | | | tree rules | 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/pg2435/6/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/6/75/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/6/)