--- title: There was not much talk after the beggar’s entrance, and everyone wa… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: There was not much talk after the beggar’s entrance, and everyone was glad when the meal came to an end, and the beggar asked if he might sleep in the stable, as he should die of cold if he were left outside. Who acts: much talk, everyone, meal, beggar. 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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 (much talk, everyone, meal, beggar), 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:pg3454:25:66 # text = There was not much talk after the beggar’s entrance, and everyone was glad when the meal came to an end, and the beggar asked if he might sleep in the stable, as he should die of cold if he were left outside. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 6 after after ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 beggar beggar NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’s 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 entrance entrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 15 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 16 when when SCONJ WRB _ 19 mark _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 beggar beggar NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 28 if if SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 stable stable NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 obl _ _ 42 if if SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 advcl _ _ 46 outside outside ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | much talk | | | there | after the beggar's entrance | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | everyone | | | | | glad *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **come** | past | the meal | | | | to a end | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to end=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the beggar | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **sleep** *a condition, not said to happen* | might | beggar | | | the stable | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in stable=Location | | 6 | **die** | should | beggar | | | | | of cold | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of cold=Causer | | 7 | **leave** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | | beggar | | | | outside *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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 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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/25/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/25/67/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/25/)