--- title: When he heard that, he lost no time in going to the door of their fi… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When he heard that, he lost no time in going to the door of their fine house and imploring them to give him food and shelter; but the only thing he got was hard words, and a command to beg elsewhere. Who acts: man, time, only thing. 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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 (man, time, only thing), 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:pg3027:20:64 # text = When he heard that, he lost no time in going to the door of their fine house and imploring them to give him food and shelter; but the only thing he got was hard words, and a command to beg elsewhere. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 4 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 9 det _ _ 9 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 in in SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 11 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 acl _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 17 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 imploring implore VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 conj _ _ 21 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 iobj _ _ 25 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 shelter shelter NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 command command NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 appos _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 beg beg VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 acl _ _ 44 elsewhere elsewhere ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | man | that | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | | 2 | **lose** | past | man | | | | time | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **go** | gerund | no time *not said here* | | | the door of brothers's fine house | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to door=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **implore** | gerund | no time *not said here* | brothers *= brother* | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **give** | to-infinitive | no time *not said here* | food and shelter | man | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient food=Theme | | 6 | **get** | past | man | the only thing *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | | 7 | **is a** | past | the only thing | hard words | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **beg** *speech: request* | to-infinitive | the only thing *not said here* | | | | | elsewhere *property* | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: 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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/20/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/20/65/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/20/)