--- title: But he didn’t take the huntsmen into the wood with him, and they wer… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But he didn’t take the huntsmen into the wood with him, and they were well enough pleased to remain behind, for the wild boar had often received them in a manner which did not make them desire its further acquaintance. Who acts: tailor, huntsmen, manner, boar. 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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 (tailor, huntsmen, manner, boar), 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:pg503:42:119 # text = But he didn’t take the huntsmen into the wood with him, and they were well enough pleased to remain behind, for the wild boar had often received them in a manner which did not make them desire its further acquaintance. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 huntsmen huntsman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 into into ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 16 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 17 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 19 advmod _ _ 18 enough enough ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 advcl _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 behind behind ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 24 for for SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 boar boar NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 often often ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 received receive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 advcl _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 36 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 acl:relcl _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 desire desire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 further further ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 acquaintance acquaintance NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **take** | past · do-support | tailor | the huntsmen | | the wood | | with child | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent huntsman=Theme into wood=Destination | | 2 | **is** | past | huntsmen *= huntsman* | | | | | enough, pleased, well *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **remain** | to-infinitive | huntsmen *= huntsman* *not said here* | | | | | behind *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **receive** | past · perfect · passive | | the wild boar | | a manner | | often *property* | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme they=Location | | 5 | **not** **make** | past · do-support | a manner | huntsmen *= huntsman* | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **desire** | infinitive | huntsmen *= huntsman* *not said here* | boar's further acquaintance | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot acquaintance=Theme | | 7 | **acquaint** | | boar | | | | | | nom acquaintance «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 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/42/118/) - next →: [sentence 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/42/120/) - ↑ back to [The Brave Little Tailor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/42/)