--- title: “I dare say it would be the best place for me,” he answered, trembli… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “I dare say it would be the best place for me,” he answered, trembling; and he suffered his wife to take him upstairs, and to help him off with his clothes. Who acts: I, sound, 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 (I, sound, 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:pg3282:29:90 # text = “I dare say it would be the best place for me,” he answered, trembling; and he suffered his wife to take him upstairs, and to help him off with his clothes. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 dare dare AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 6 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 cop _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 10 amod _ _ 10 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ” " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 trembling tremble VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 suffered suffer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 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 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 upstairs upstairs ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 off off ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | dare | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | would | sound | the best place | | | | for me | tree rules | | 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | man | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **tremble** | gerund | man *not said here* | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **suffer** | past | man | man's wife | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wife=Stimulus | | 6 | **take** | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | | man | | | upstairs *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | | 7 | **help off** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | man | | | with man's clothes | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary with clothes=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 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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/29/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/29/91/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/29/)