--- title: When he got there he had a fancy to try if what she had said were tr… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When he got there he had a fancy to try if what she had said were true, so he began to work in the same way that he had seen the stable-boys doing in his father’s stables, but he soon saw that he must give up that, for when he had worked a very short time he had scarcely any room left to stand. 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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 (giant, many, stable boys, room), 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:pg503:17:33 # text = When he got there he had a fancy to try if what she had said were true, so he began to work in the same way that he had seen the stable-boys doing in his father’s stables, but he soon saw that he must give up that, for when he had worked a very short time he had scarcely any room left to stand. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 4 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 fancy fancy NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl _ _ 11 if if SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 10 obj _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 acl:relcl _ _ 16 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 acl:relcl _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 33 stable stable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 36 doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 acl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ’s 's PART POS _ 39 case _ _ 41 stables stable NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 but but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 46 advmod _ _ 46 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 47 that that SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 ccomp _ _ 51 up up ADP RP _ 50 compound:prt _ _ 52 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 54 for for SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 55 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 58 advmod _ _ 56 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 57 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 worked work VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 50 advcl _ _ 59 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 60 very very ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 61 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl:unmarked _ _ 63 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 64 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 acl:relcl _ _ 65 scarcely scarcely ADV RB _ 67 advmod _ _ 66 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 67 det _ _ 67 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obj _ _ 68 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 67 acl _ _ 69 to to PART TO _ 70 mark _ _ 70 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 68 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | giant | | | there | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **have** | past | giant | a fancy | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fancy=Patient | | 3 | **try** | to-infinitive | giant *not said here* | a fancy | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | many | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | many *not said here* | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **begin** | past | giant | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **work** | to-infinitive | giant *not said here* | | | | | in the same way | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in way=Theme | | 8 | **see** | past · perfect | giant | the stable boys | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer boy=Stimulus | | 9 | **do** | gerund | the stable boys *not said here* | | | giant's father's stables | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **see** | past | giant | | | | | soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 11 | **give up** | must | giant | that | | | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Source | | 12 | **work** | past · perfect | giant | | | | time | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 13 | **have** | past | giant | any room | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Patient | | 14 | **leave** | participle | | any room *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 15 | **stand** | to-infinitive | any room *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «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 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/17/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/17/34/) - ↑ back to [The Master-maid, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/17/)