--- title: Then the man persuaded her, and talked so much to her about the weal… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the man persuaded her, and talked so much to her about the wealth that they would have, and what a good thing it would be for herself, that at last she made up her mind to go, and washed and mended all her rags, made herself as smart as she could, and held herself in readiness to set out. 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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, walls, good thing, husbandman), 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:pg503:4:10 # text = Then the man persuaded her, and talked so much to her about the wealth that they would have, and what a good thing it would be for herself, that at last she made up her mind to go, and washed and mended all her rags, made herself as smart as she could, and held herself in readiness to set out. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 persuaded persuade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 talked talk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 obj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nmod _ _ 13 about about ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 parataxis _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 27 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 cop _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 22 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 32 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 nsubj _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 nmod _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 37 up up ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 washed wash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 mended mend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ _ 47 all all ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 48 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 rags rag NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 51 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ _ 52 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 51 obj _ _ 53 as as ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 54 smart smart ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 xcomp _ _ 55 as as SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 56 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 57 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 60 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 61 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 60 obj _ _ 62 in in ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 readiness readiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ _ 64 to to PART TO _ 65 mark _ _ 65 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 60 advcl _ _ 66 out out ADP RP _ 65 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **persuade** | past | the man | husbandman | | | then | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 2 | **talk** | past | the man *not said here* | much | | | | to husbandman; about the wealth | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | would | walls *= wall* | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | would | a good thing | | | | | for husbandman | tree rules | | 5 | **make up** | past | husbandman | husbandman's mind | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | | 6 | **go** | to-infinitive | husbandman *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **wash** | past | the man *not said here* | | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **mend** | past | the man *not said here* | husbandman's rags | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **make** | past | the man *not said here* | husbandman | | | | smart *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset herself=Product | | 10 | **hold** | past | the man *not said here* | husbandman | | readiness | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent herself=Theme in readiness=Location | | 11 | **set out** | to-infinitive | the man *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **mind** | | husbandman | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/11/) - ↑ back to [East of the Sun and West of the Moon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/)