--- title: He then endeavored to get up, but he was so very weak that he fell d… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He then endeavored to get up, but he was so very weak that he fell down again, which excited so much compassion in the merchant that he ordered the servants to take him in and give him some meat and drink, and let him help the cook to do any dirty work that she had to set him about. 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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 (Whittington, servants, cook, dirty work), 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:pg503:29:11 # text = He then endeavored to get up, but he was so very weak that he fell down again, which excited so much compassion in the merchant that he ordered the servants to take him in and give him some meat and drink, and let him help the cook to do any dirty work that she had to set him about. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 endeavored endeavor VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 very very ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 weak weak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 17 down down ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 again again ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 21 excited excited ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 22 so so ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 compassion compassion NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 parataxis _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 in in ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 iobj _ _ 40 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 41 det _ _ 41 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 cook cook NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 xcomp _ _ 53 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 55 det _ _ 54 dirty dirty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ _ 56 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 58 obj _ _ 57 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 58 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 acl:relcl _ _ 59 to to PART TO _ 60 mark _ _ 60 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 xcomp _ _ 61 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 obj _ _ 62 about about ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **endeavor** | past | Whittington | | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **get up** | to-infinitive | Whittington *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** | past | Whittington | | | | | weak *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **fall down** | past | Whittington | | | | again | down *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **compassion** | | | | | the merchant | | | tree rules | | 6 | **order** | past | Whittington | the servants | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent servant=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the servants *not said here* | | Whittington | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | | 8 | **give** | infinitive | the servants *not said here* | some meat and drink | Whittington | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient meat=Theme | | 9 | **let** | infinitive | Whittington *not said here* | Whittington | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **help** | infinitive | Whittington *not said here* | the cook | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent cook=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 11 | **do** | to-infinitive | the cook *not said here* | any dirty work | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality | | 12 | **have** | past | cook | any dirty work | | | | | tree rules | | 13 | **set** | to-infinitive | any dirty work *not said here* | Whittington | | | | about *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient he=Result | 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/29/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/29/12/) - ↑ back to [The History of Whittington](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/29/)