--- title: When he got back to his lodging he went to bed without eating any su… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When he got back to his lodging he went to bed without eating any supper, and his little dog, who was called Frisk, couldn’t eat any either, but came and lay down close to him. Who acts: ambassador, little dog. 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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 (ambassador, little dog), 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:pg503:28:85 # text = When he got back to his lodging he went to bed without eating any supper, and his little dog, who was called Frisk, couldn’t eat any either, but came and lay down close to him. 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 9 advcl _ _ 4 back back ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 lodging lodging NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 12 without without SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 13 eating eat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 14 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 15 det _ _ 15 supper supper NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 19 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl:relcl _ _ 25 Frisk frisk NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 27 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 28 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ _ 30 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 29 obj _ _ 31 either either ADV RB PronType=Ind 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 37 down down ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 xcomp _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get back** | past | ambassador | | | | | to ambassador's lodging *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to lodging=Result | | 2 | **go** | past | ambassador | | | bed | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **eat** | gerund | ambassador *not said here* | any supper | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent supper=Patient | | 4 | **call** | past · passive | | ambassador's little dog | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 5 | **not** **eat** | could | ambassador's little dog | any | | | | either *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent any=Patient | | 6 | **come** | past | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **lie down** | past | | | | | | close, down *property* | 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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/28/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/28/86/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Pretty Goldilocks](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/28/)