--- title: The landlord, when he went to him, opened his eyes wide, and said: “… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The landlord, when he went to him, opened his eyes wide, and said: “Well, I never thought to see you alive again. Who acts: landlord, I. 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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 (landlord, I), 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:pg503:13:119 # text = The landlord, when he went to him, opened his eyes wide, and said: “Well, I never thought to see you alive again. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 landlord landlord NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 13 wide wide ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 18 “ " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Well well INTJ UH _ 23 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 xcomp _ _ 28 again again ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | the landlord | | King | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **open** | past | the landlord *not said here* | King's eyes | | | | wide *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location eye=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | I | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **see** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | you | | | again | alive *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | 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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/13/118/) - next →: [sentence 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/13/120/) - ↑ back to [The Tale of a Youth Who Set Out to Learn What Fear Was](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/13/)