--- title: He did not look at the silver, but brought out as many bags of gold… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He did not look at the silver, but brought out as many bags of gold as he thought his asses, which were browsing outside, could carry, loaded them with the bags, and hid it all with fagots. Who acts: Ali, asses. 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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 (Ali, asses), 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:pg503:34:19 # text = He did not look at the silver, but brought out as many bags of gold as he thought his asses, which were browsing outside, could carry, loaded them with the bags, and hid it all with fagots. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 11 out out ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 as as ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 bags bag NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 asses ass NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 24 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 browsing browse VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 conj _ _ 26 outside outside ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 carry carry VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 loaded load VERB VBD Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 bags bag NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 39 det _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 fagots fagot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **look** | past · do-support | Ali | | | | | at the silver | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at silver=Theme | | 2 | **bring out** | past | | many bags of gold | | | | out *property* | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent bag=Patient | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Ali | Ali's asses | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot ass=Theme | | 4 | **browse** | past · progressive | Ali's asses | | | | | outside *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **carry** | could | | | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **load** | past | | asses *= ass* | | | | with the bags | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Destination with bag=Theme | | 7 | **hide** | past | | silver | | | | with fagots | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/34/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/34/20/) - ↑ back to [The Forty Thieves](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/34/)