--- title: But after the first and second year, seeing that they never even dre… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But after the first and second year, seeing that they never even dreamed of paying the interest, he became uneasy, so much so that at last he resolved to go and see His Majesty himself, and get repaid. Who acts: DRAKESTAIL, country. A sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Kari Woodengown, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/30/94/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Red Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/) / [Kari Woodengown, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/30/) / 94 # The Red Fairy Book, Kari Woodengown, part 2, sentence 94 But after the first and second year, seeing that they never even dreamed of paying the interest, he became uneasy, so much so that at last he resolved to go and see His Majesty himself, and get repaid. **Who acts:** DRAKESTAIL, country · **What happens:** see, not dream, pay, become, resolve, go · **To what, where:** interest, last, Majesty · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Kari Woodengown, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (DRAKESTAIL, country), 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:pg540:30:94 # text = But after the first and second year, seeing that they never even dreamed of paying the interest, he became uneasy, so much so that at last he resolved to go and see His Majesty himself, and get repaid. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 2 after after ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 21 obl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 amod _ _ 7 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 13 even even ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 dreamed dream VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 ccomp _ _ 15 of of SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 16 paying pay VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 interest interest NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 22 uneasy uneasy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 so so ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 much much ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 26 so so SCONJ IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 fixed _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 resolved resolve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 36 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 Majesty Majesty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 get get AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 repaid repay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | gerund | DRAKESTAIL *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **not** **dream** | participle | country | | | | | | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **pay** | gerund | country *not said here* | the interest | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent interest=Asset | | 4 | **become** | past | DRAKESTAIL | | | | after the first and second year | so last; uneasy *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **resolve** | past | DRAKESTAIL | last *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **go** | to-infinitive | DRAKESTAIL *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **see** | infinitive | DRAKESTAIL *not said here* | DRAKESTAIL's Majesty DRAKESTAIL | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer majesty=Stimulus | | 8 | **repay** | infinitive · passive | DRAKESTAIL *not said here* | | | | | | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/30/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/30/95/) - ↑ back to [Kari Woodengown, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/30/)