--- title: They willingly consented to this, but when he had got the hat, the c… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They willingly consented to this, but when he had got the hat, the cloak, and the boots, he said, ‘Next time we meet you shall have my decision,’ and hereupon he wished himself away. Who acts: others, thing, boots, we. 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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 (others, thing, boots, we), 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:pg540:26:76 # text = They willingly consented to this, but when he had got the hat, the cloak, and the boots, he said, ‘Next time we meet you shall have my decision,’ and hereupon he wished himself away. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 willingly willingly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 consented consent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 hat hat NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 cloak cloak NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 boots boot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 25 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 Next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl:unmarked _ _ 28 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 meet meet VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 33 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 decision decision NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 hereupon hereupon NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 41 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 40 obj _ _ 42 away away ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **consent** | past | others *= other* | | | | | to this; willingly *property* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to this=Theme | | 2 | **get** | past · perfect | thing | the hat and the cloak | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hat=Stimulus | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the boots | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **meet** | present | we | Next time *not said here* | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent time=Co-Agent | | 5 | **have** | shall | you | my decision | | | time | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent decision=Patient | | 6 | **wish away** | past | hereupon | thing | | | | away *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot himself=Theme | | 7 | **decide** | | my | | | | | | nom decision «act 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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/26/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/26/77/) - ↑ back to [The Three Princesses of Whiteland](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/26/)