--- title: He asked the wife if he might stay there for the night, as he was ti… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He asked the wife if he might stay there for the night, as he was tired wi’ a lang journey; and the wife said he might, but it was not a good place for him to be in, as it belanged to the Red Etin, who was a very terrible beast, wi’ three heads, that spared no living man he could get hold of. 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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, wife, journey, Red Etin), 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:pg503:56:22 # text = He asked the wife if he might stay there for the night, as he was tired wi’ a lang journey; and the wife said he might, but it was not a good place for him to be in, as it belanged to the Red Etin, who was a very terrible beast, wi’ three heads, that spared no living man he could get hold of. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 9 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 as as ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 wi wi NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 lang lang NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 ccomp _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nmod _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 cop _ _ 42 in in ADV RB _ 37 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 as as SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 belanged belang VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 Red Red PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 flat _ _ 50 Etin Etin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 52 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 57 nsubj _ _ 53 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 cop _ _ 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 55 very very ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 56 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 59 wi wi NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ’ ' SYM SYM _ 61 case _ _ 61 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 62 nummod _ _ 62 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 64 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 65 nsubj _ _ 65 spared spare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 conj _ _ 66 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 68 det _ _ 67 living living ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ _ 68 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obj _ _ 69 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 71 nsubj _ _ 70 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 71 aux _ _ 71 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 68 acl:relcl _ _ 72 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obj _ _ 73 of of ADP IN _ 72 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | man | a lang journey | the wife | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **stay** *a condition, not said to happen* | might | man | | | there | night | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | man | | | | | as tired wi | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the wife | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **is a** | past | journey | a good place | | | | for man | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | to-infinitive | journey *not said here* | | | | | in *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **belang** | past | journey | | | | | to the Red Etin | tree rules | | 8 | **is a** | past | the Red Etin | a terrible beast and wi and three heads | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **spare** | past | that | no living man | | | | | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent man=Asset | | 10 | **get** | could | man | hold | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hold=Stimulus | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/56/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/56/23/) - ↑ back to [The Red Etin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/56/)