--- title: After he had settled down in his new home, and had got everything in… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: After he had settled down in his new home, and had got everything in order about him, he warned his wife and family that, unless they wanted to die, they must on no account listen to a voice which they might some day hear calling them. Who acts: voice, that, people. 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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 (voice, that, people), 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:pg540:27:15 # text = After he had settled down in his new home, and had got everything in order about him, he warned his wife and family that, unless they wanted to die, they must on no account listen to a voice which they might some day hear calling them. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 settled settle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 5 down down ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 14 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 13 obj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 about about ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 warned warn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 26 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 35 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 36 on on ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 38 det _ _ 38 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 39 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 48 obj _ _ 44 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 45 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 47 det _ _ 47 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl:unmarked _ _ 48 hear hear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ _ 49 calling call VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 48 xcomp _ _ 50 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **settle down** | past · perfect | voice | | | voice's new home | | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **get** | past · perfect | voice *not said here* | everything | | order about voice | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer everything=Stimulus | | 3 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past | voice | | | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **wife** | | that | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **want** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | people | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **die** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | people *not said here* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 7 | **listen** | must | people | | | | | to a voice; on no account | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on account=Theme | | 8 | **hear** | present | people | a voice | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **call** | gerund | a voice *not said here* | people | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/27/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/27/16/) - ↑ back to [The Voice of Death](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/27/)