--- title: At length his patience began to give way, and as he undressed one ni… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At length his patience began to give way, and as he undressed one night he said to himself: “Well, I will give it one more chance; and if I don’t catch a fish to-morrow, I will go and hang myself.” Who acts: patience, cobbler. 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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 (patience, cobbler), 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:pg3282:37:73 # text = At length his patience began to give way, and as he undressed one night he said to himself: “Well, I will give it one more chance; and if I don’t catch a fish to-morrow, I will go and hang myself.” 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 patience patience NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 undressed undress VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 14 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl:unmarked _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 21 “ " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 Well well INTJ UH _ 26 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 29 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 30 amod _ _ 30 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 33 if if SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 36 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 advcl _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 hang hang VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 conj _ _ 49 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ” " PUNCT '' _ 46 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | cobbler's patience | | | length | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **give** | to-infinitive | cobbler's patience *not said here* | way | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme | | 3 | **undress** | past | cobbler | | | | night | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | cobbler | | cobbler | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **give** *in a quote* | future | cobbler | way | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient chance=Theme | | 6 | **not** **catch** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present · do-support | cobbler | a fish | | | | to morrow | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Theme | | 7 | **go** *in a quote* | future | cobbler | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **hang** *in a quote* | infinitive | cobbler *not said here* | cobbler | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent myself=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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/37/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/37/74/) - ↑ back to [Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/37/)