--- title: The wife started back in horror at such a request; but the man turne… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The wife started back in horror at such a request; but the man turned his face to the wall, and took no notice, as he thought it was better to leave her to herself for a little. Who acts: wife, 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 (wife, 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:pg3282:8:27 # text = The wife started back in horror at such a request; but the man turned his face to the wall, and took no notice, as he thought it was better to leave her to herself for a little. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 back back ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 horror horror NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 10 det:predet _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 request request NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 24 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 25 det _ _ 25 notice notice NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 as as SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 expl _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 32 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 29 ccomp _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 csubj _ _ 35 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 34 obl _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start back** | past | the wife | | | horror at such request | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **turn** | past | the man | man's face | | the wall | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent face=Theme to wall=Trajectory | | 3 | **take** | past | | no notice | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent notice=Theme | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past | man | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **leave** | to-infinitive | | wife | wife | | | for a little | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Theme to herself=Recipient | 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/8/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/8/28/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/8/)