--- title: Dullhead did not wait to consider long but went straight off to the… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Dullhead did not wait to consider long but went straight off to the forest, and there on the same spot sat a man who was drawing in a strap as tight as he could round his body, and making a most woeful face the while. Who acts: Dullhead, man. 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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 (Dullhead, man), 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:pg540:48:58 # text = Dullhead did not wait to consider long but went straight off to the forest, and there on the same spot sat a man who was drawing in a strap as tight as he could round his body, and making a most woeful face the while. 1 Dullhead Dullhead PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 consider consider VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 straight straight ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 off off ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 17 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 advmod _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 22 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 drawing draw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 acl:relcl _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 strap strap NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 as as ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 tight tight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 33 as as SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 round round VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 43 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 44 advmod _ _ 44 woeful woeful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **wait** | past · do-support | Dullhead | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **consider** | to-infinitive | Dullhead *not said here* | | | | | long *property* | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **go** | past | Dullhead *not said here* | | | the forest | | off *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to forest=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **sit** | past | Dullhead *not said here* | a man | | the same spot; there | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent man=Theme on spot=Location | | 5 | **draw** | past · progressive | a man | | | a strap | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in strap=Destination | | 6 | **round** | could | Dullhead | Dullhead's body | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent body=Patient | | 7 | **make** | gerund | Dullhead *not said here* | a woeful face | | | while | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset face=Product | 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/48/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/48/59/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/48/)