--- title: The man, who thought this savored of wit and impertinence (though th… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The man, who thought this savored of wit and impertinence (though the poor lad intended only to show his readiness to work), gave him a blow with a stick which broke his head so that the blood ran down. Who acts: man, poor lad, stick, blood. 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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 (man, poor lad, stick, blood), 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:pg503:29:7 # text = The man, who thought this savored of wit and impertinence (though the poor lad intended only to show his readiness to work), gave him a blow with a stick which broke his head so that the blood ran down. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 obj _ _ 7 savored savor VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 xcomp _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 wit wit NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 impertinence impertinence NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 12 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 though though SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 intended intend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 18 only only ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 readiness readiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 35 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 42 mark _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 fixed _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 42 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 43 down down ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the man | this | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent this=Attribute clause=Theme | | 2 | **savor** | participle | the man *not said here* | | | | | of wit and impertinence | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **intend** | past | the poor lad | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **show** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the poor lad *not said here* | lad's readiness | work | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent readiness=Topic to work=Recipient | | 5 | **give** | past | the poor lad *not said here* | a blow | lad | | | with a stick | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient blow=Theme | | 6 | **break** | past | a stick | lad's head | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer head=Patient | | 7 | **run down** | past | the blood | | | | | down *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/29/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/29/8/) - ↑ back to [The History of Whittington](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/29/)