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title: As he could do nothing to escape his visit, the only thing that rema… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: As he could do nothing to escape his visit, the only thing that remained was to seem as little afraid as possible; so when the Beast appeared and asked roughly if he had supped well, the merchant answered humbly that he had, thanks to his host’s kindness. Who acts: supper, only thing, Beast, merchan
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# The Blue Fairy Book, Beauty and the Beast, part 1, sentence 83

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As he could do nothing to escape his visit, the only thing that remained was to seem as little afraid as possible; so when the Beast appeared and asked roughly if he had supped well, the merchant answered humbly that he had, thanks to his host’s kindness.

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**Who acts:** supper, only thing, Beast, merchant · **What happens:** do, escape, remain, be, appear, ask · **To what, where:** nothing, visit, thanks

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This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Beauty and the Beast, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (supper, only thing, Beast, merchant), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg503:14:83
# text = As he could do nothing to escape his visit, the only thing that remained was to seem as little afraid as possible; so when the Beast appeared and asked roughly if he had supped well, the merchant answered humbly that he had, thanks to his host’s kindness.
1	As	as	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	advcl	_	_
5	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	escape	escape	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	visit	visit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
15	remained	remain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
16	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	seem	seem	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
19	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	21	mark	_	_
20	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	afraid	afraid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	xcomp	_	_
22	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
23	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
25	so	so	ADV	RB	_	29	advmod	_	_
26	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	29	mark	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	Beast	Beast	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	nsubj	_	_
29	appeared	appear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	conj	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
31	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	conj	_	_
32	roughly	roughly	ADV	RB	_	31	advmod	_	_
33	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	36	mark	_	_
34	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	nsubj	_	_
35	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	aux	_	_
36	supped	sup	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	31	ccomp	_	_
37	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	36	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	nsubj	_	_
41	answered	answer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	parataxis	_	_
42	humbly	humbly	ADV	RB	_	41	advmod	_	_
43	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	45	mark	_	_
44	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	nsubj	_	_
45	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	41	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
47	thanks	thanks	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obj	_	_
48	to	to	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
49	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	50	nmod:poss	_	_
50	host	host	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	’s	's	PART	POS	_	50	case	_	_
52	kindness	kindness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | could | supper | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality |
| 2 | **escape** | to-infinitive | supper *not said here* | supper's visit |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme visit=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **remain** | past | the only thing |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **is** | past | the only thing |  |  |  |  | afraid, seem *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **appear** | past | the Beast |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the Beast *not said here* |  |  |  |  | roughly *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 7 | **sup** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | supper |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the merchant |  |  |  |  | humbly *property* | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **have** | past | supper | thanks |  |  |  | to supper's host's kindness | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thanks=Patient |
| 10 | **visit** |  | supper |  |  |  |  |  | nom visit «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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