--- title: Not a house was to be seen; the only shelter he could get was the ho… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Not a house was to be seen; the only shelter he could get was the hollow trunk of a great tree, and there he crouched all the night which seemed to him the longest he had ever known. Who acts: merchant, only shelter. 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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 (merchant, only shelter), 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:pg503:14:30 # text = Not a house was to be seen; the only shelter he could get was the hollow trunk of a great tree, and there he crouched all the night which seemed to him the longest he had ever known. 1 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 shelter shelter NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 acl:relcl _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 hollow hollow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 trunk trunk NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 27 expl _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 crouched crouch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 28 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 30 det:predet _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl:unmarked _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 ccomp _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 longest long ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 32 xcomp _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 40 advmod _ _ 40 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past · passive | | a house | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 2 | **get** | could | merchant | the only shelter *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shelter=Stimulus | | 3 | **is a** | past | the only shelter | the hollow trunk | | | | of a great tree | tree rules | | 4 | **crouch** | past | merchant | | | there | night | | tree rules | | 5 | **seem** | past | | | merchant | | | long *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **know** | past · perfect · passive | | merchant | | | ever | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/14/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/14/31/) - ↑ back to [Beauty and the Beast, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/14/)