--- title: He then ordered Mr. Whittington in, who was at this time cleaning th… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He then ordered Mr. Whittington in, who was at this time cleaning the kitchen and would have excused himself from going into the counting-house, saying the room was swept and his shoes were dirty and full of hob-nails. Who acts: God, shoes. 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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 (God, shoes), 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:pg503:29:68 # text = He then ordered Mr. Whittington in, who was at this time cleaning the kitchen and would have excused himself from going into the counting-house, saying the room was swept and his shoes were dirty and full of hob-nails. 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 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:desc _ _ 5 Whittington Whittington PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 in in ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 12 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl:unmarked _ _ 13 cleaning clean VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 aux _ _ 19 excused excuse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ _ 20 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 19 obj _ _ 21 from from SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 22 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 23 into into ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 25 counting counting NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 conj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 swept sweep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 ccomp _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj _ _ 37 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 38 dirty dirty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 conj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 conj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 hob hob NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 nails nail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **order** | past | God | | Whittington Mr. | | then | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whittington=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | | time | clean *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **excuse** | would · perfect | | God | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 4 | **go** | gerund | | | | the counting house | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into house=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **sweep** | past · passive | | the room | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory | | 7 | **is** | past | God's shoes | | | | | dirty *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **be** | | God's shoes *not said here* | | | | | of hob nails | tree rules | 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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/29/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/29/69/) - ↑ back to [The History of Whittington](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/29/)