--- title: In this situation, and fainting for want of food, he laid himself do… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In this situation, and fainting for want of food, he laid himself down at the door of one Mr. Fitzwarren, a merchant, where the cook saw him, and, being an ill-natured hussy, ordered him to go about his business or she would scald him. Who acts: situation, man, cook, natured hussy. 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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 (situation, man, cook, natured hussy), 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:pg503:29:8 # text = In this situation, and fainting for want of food, he laid himself down at the door of one Mr. Fitzwarren, a merchant, where the cook saw him, and, being an ill-natured hussy, ordered him to go about his business or she would scald him. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 situation situation NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 fainting faint VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 want want NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 13 obj _ _ 15 down down ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 21 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod:desc _ _ 22 Fitzwarren Fitzwarren PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 30 advmod _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 cook cook NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 cop _ _ 36 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 37 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 natured natured ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 hussy hussy NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 42 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 46 about about ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 business business NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 49 or or CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 50 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 scald scald VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 conj _ _ 53 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **faint** | gerund | this situation *not said here* | | | | | for want of food | vn change\_bodily\_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **lay down** | past | man | man | | this situation | | at the door of one Fitzwarren Mr. | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent himself=Theme in situation=Destination | | 3 | **see** | past | the cook | man | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 4 | **is a** | gerund | | a natured hussy | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **order** | past | a natured hussy | | man | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a natured hussy *not said here* | | | | | about man's business | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme about business=Location | | 7 | **scald** | would | hussy | man | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 8 | **want** | | | food | | | | | nom want «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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/29/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/29/9/) - ↑ back to [The History of Whittington](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/29/)