--- title: He began busily to make his preparations, and took off his smart vel… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He began busily to make his preparations, and took off his smart velvet coat, putting on instead one of green cloth, while he refused a beautiful bag which the queen offered him to hold his food, and slung a leather knapsack over his shoulders instead, just as he had seen other travellers do. 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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 (least, queen, other travellers), 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:pg3282:17:104 # text = He began busily to make his preparations, and took off his smart velvet coat, putting on instead one of green cloth, while he refused a beautiful bag which the queen offered him to hold his food, and slung a leather knapsack over his shoulders instead, just as he had seen other travellers do. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 busily busily ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 preparations preparation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 11 off off ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 13 smart smart ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 14 velvet velvet NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 putting put VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 18 on on ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 instead instead ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 obj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 while while SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 obj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 offered offer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 iobj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 slung sling VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 leather leather NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 knapsack knapsack NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 46 over over ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 shoulders shoulder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nmod _ _ 49 instead instead ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 51 just just ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 52 as as SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 53 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 54 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 42 parataxis _ _ 56 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 travellers traveller NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 nsubj _ _ 58 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | least | | | | | busily *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | least *not said here* | least's preparations | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset preparation=Product | | 3 | **take off** | past | | least's smart velvet coat | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coat=Theme | | 4 | **put on** | gerund | | one of green cloth | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent one=Goal | | 5 | **refuse** | past | least | a beautiful bag | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Theme | | 6 | **offer** | past | the queen | a beautiful bag | least | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal which=Theme | | 7 | **hold** | to-infinitive | the queen *not said here* | least's food | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme | | 8 | **sling** | past | | a leather knapsack | | least's shoulders | | instead *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent knapsack=Theme over shoulder=Destination | | 9 | **see** | past · perfect | least | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 10 | **do** | present | other travellers | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **prepare** | | least | | | | | | nom preparation «act 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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/17/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/17/105/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/17/)