--- title: ‘I will not stay here to be beaten,’ thought he, and he walked and h… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘I will not stay here to be beaten,’ thought he, and he walked and he walked and he walked, till it was day again, and he was hungry and looked about him to see if he could get anything to eat. Who acts: I, son, gun. 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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, son, gun), 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:pg3454:16:67 # text = ‘I will not stay here to be beaten,’ thought he, and he walked and he walked and he walked, till it was day again, and he was hungry and looked about him to see if he could get anything to eat. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 6 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 beaten beat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 12 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 till till ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 28 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 29 again again ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 34 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 advcl _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 37 about about ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 41 if if SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 ccomp _ _ 45 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 44 obj _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **stay** | future | I | | | here | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **beat** | to-infinitive · passive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V» | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | | son | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent he=Attribute clause=Theme | | 4 | **walk** | past | son | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **walk** | past | son | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **walk** | past | son | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past | gun | | | | till day; again | | tree rules | | 8 | **is** | past | son | | | | | hungry *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **look** | past | son *not said here* | | | | | about son | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent about he=Theme | | 10 | **see** | to-infinitive | son *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 11 | **get** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | son | anything | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus | | 12 | **eat** | to-infinitive | son *not said here* | anything *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/16/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/16/68/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/16/)