--- title: However, when he had eaten all he began to drink hot liquors in grea… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: However, when he had eaten all he began to drink hot liquors in great abundance, so that in a short time he could not hold up his head, but threw himself on a large creel he had made for the purpose, and fell fast asleep. Who acts: fear. 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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 (fear), 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:pg540:8:128 # text = However, when he had eaten all he began to drink hot liquors in great abundance, so that in a short time he could not hold up his head, but threw himself on a large creel he had made for the purpose, and fell fast asleep. 1 However however ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 when when SCONJ WRB _ 6 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 7 all all ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 liquors liquor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 abundance abundance NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 18 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 27 mark _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 fixed _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ _ 28 up up ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 34 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 33 obj _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 creel creel NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 38 acl:relcl _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 48 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 47 advmod _ _ 49 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | past · perfect | fear | | | | | all *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **begin** | past | fear | | | | | however *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **drink** | to-infinitive | fear *not said here* | hot liquors | | great abundance | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent liquor=Patient | | 4 | **not** **hold up** | could | fear | fear's head | | | time | | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot head=Theme | | 5 | **throw** | past | fear *not said here* | fear | | a large creel | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent himself=Theme on creel=Destination | | 6 | **make** | past · perfect | fear | a large creel *not said here* | | | | for the purpose | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent creel=Product for purpose=Asset | | 7 | **fall** | past | fear *not said here* | | | | | asleep, fast *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/127/) - next →: [sentence 129](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/129/) - ↑ back to [The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/)