--- title: Now it came to pass when Mr. Whittington’s face was washed, his hair… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now it came to pass when Mr. Whittington’s face was washed, his hair curled, and he dressed in a rich suit of clothes, that he turned out a genteel young fellow; and, as wealth contributes much to give a man confidence, he in a little time dropped that sheepish behavior which was principally occasio --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/29/79/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [The History of Whittington](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/29/) / 79 # The Blue Fairy Book, The History of Whittington, sentence 79 Now it came to pass when Mr. Whittington’s face was washed, his hair curled, and he dressed in a rich suit of clothes, that he turned out a genteel young fellow; and, as wealth contributes much to give a man confidence, he in a little time dropped that sheepish behavior which was principally occasioned by a depression of spirits, and soon grew a sprightly and good companion, insomuch that Miss Alice, who had formerly pitied him, now fell in love with him. **Who acts:** house, Whittington, wealth, depression · **What happens:** come, pass, wash, curl, dress, turn out · **To what, where:** face, rich suit, genteel young fellow, much, man confidence, sheepish behavior This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The History of Whittington. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (house, Whittington, wealth, depression), 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:pg503:29:79 # text = Now it came to pass when Mr. Whittington’s face was washed, his hair curled, and he dressed in a rich suit of clothes, that he turned out a genteel young fellow; and, as wealth contributes much to give a man confidence, he in a little time dropped that sheepish behavior which was principally occasioned by a depression of spirits, and soon grew a sprightly and good companion, insomuch that Miss Alice, who had formerly pitied him, now fell in love with him. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 7 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:desc _ _ 8 Whittington Whittington PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’s 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 washed wash VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 curled curl VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 dressed dress VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 suit suit NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 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 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 31 out out ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 33 genteel genteel ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 34 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 39 as as SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 41 contributes contribute VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 advcl _ _ 42 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 obj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 acl _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 47 confidence confidence NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 54 dropped drop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 55 that that SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 56 sheepish sheepish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 behavior behavior NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 58 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 61 nsubj:pass _ _ 59 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 aux:pass _ _ 60 principally principally ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 61 occasioned occasion VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 57 acl:relcl _ _ 62 by by ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 depression depression NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ _ 65 of of ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 spirits spirit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 69 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 70 advmod _ _ 70 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 71 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 72 sprightly sprightly ADV RB _ 75 advmod _ _ 73 and and CCONJ CC _ 75 cc _ _ 74 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 75 amod _ _ 75 companion companion NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 76 , , PUNCT , _ 77 punct _ _ 77 insomuch insomuch NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 conj _ _ 78 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 85 obj _ _ 79 Miss Miss PROPN NNP Number=Sing 85 nsubj _ _ 80 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 79 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 81 , , PUNCT , _ 85 punct _ _ 82 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 85 nsubj:pass _ _ 83 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 85 aux _ _ 84 formerly formerly ADV RB _ 85 advmod _ _ 85 pitied pity VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 75 conj _ _ 86 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 85 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 87 , , PUNCT , _ 89 punct _ _ 88 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 89 advmod _ _ 89 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 70 conj _ _ 90 in in ADP IN _ 91 case _ _ 91 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 89 obl _ _ 92 with with ADP IN _ 93 case _ _ 93 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 89 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 94 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | house | | | | now | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | house *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **wash** | past · passive | | Whittington Mr.'s face | | | | Whittington's hair *obl* | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **curl** | participle | | | | | | | vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **dress** | past | Whittington | | | a rich suit of clothes | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **turn out** | past | Whittington | a genteel young fellow | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location fellow=Theme | | 7 | **contribute** | present | wealth | much | | | | | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent much=Theme | | 8 | **give** | to-infinitive | | a man confidence | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent confidence=Theme | | 9 | **drop** | past | Whittington | sheepish behavior | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent behavior=Theme | | 10 | **occasion** | past · passive | a depression of spirits | sheepish behavior | | | | principally *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **grow** | past | | a good companion and insomuch | | | | soon *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location companion=Theme | | 12 | **pity** | past · perfect · passive | | Miss | | | | formerly *property* | tree rules | | 13 | **fall** | past | | | | love | now | with Whittington | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in love=Location | | 14 | **depress** | | | spirits | | | | | nom depression «state transitive»: of=patient | 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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/29/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/29/80/) - ↑ back to [The History of Whittington](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/29/)