--- title: “I thought perhaps the pain would go off in a day or two; and, besid… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “I thought perhaps the pain would go off in a day or two; and, besides, I did not want to make you unhappy,” answered the man, who was by this time quite sure he had been suffering tortures, and had borne them like a hero. Who acts: I, pain, 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, pain, 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:pg3282:29:98 # text = “I thought perhaps the pain would go off in a day or two; and, besides, I did not want to make you unhappy,” answered the man, who was by this time quite sure he had been suffering tortures, and had borne them like a hero. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 pain pain NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 9 off off ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 or or CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 besides besides INTJ UH _ 23 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 unhappy unhappy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 30 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 36 by by ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 38 det _ _ 38 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 39 quite quite ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 44 aux _ _ 44 suffering suffer VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 ccomp _ _ 45 tortures torture NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 borne bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 50 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 like like ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | I | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **go off** *in a quote* | would | the pain | | | | day | perhaps *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **not** **want** *in a quote* | past · do-support | I | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **make** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | you | | | | unhappy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product | | 5 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the man and this time | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | past | the man and this time | | | | by this time | | tree rules | | 7 | **suffer** | past · perfect · progressive | pain | tortures | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer torture=Stimulus | | 8 | **bear** | past · perfect | I *not said here* | tortures *= torture* | | | | like a hero | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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 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 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/29/97/) - next →: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/29/99/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/29/)