--- title: In the evening, therefore, the men sat and talked together, saying t… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In the evening, therefore, the men sat and talked together, saying that next morning they must set out early to the forest, and as they had a hard day’s work and a long journey before them, they would, for their amusement, make a compact, that whichever of them came home last with his load should lo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/12/91/) [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 Pink Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/) / [The Pink Fairy Book, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/12/) / 91 # The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 12, sentence 91 In the evening, therefore, the men sat and talked together, saying that next morning they must set out early to the forest, and as they had a hard day’s work and a long journey before them, they would, for their amusement, make a compact, that whichever of them came home last with his load should lose his life on the gallows. **Who acts:** men, Hans, whichever, hard day · **What happens:** sit, talk, say, set out, have, make · **To what, where:** forest, work, compact, life, gallows · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (men, Hans, whichever, hard day), 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:pg5615:12:91 # text = In the evening, therefore, the men sat and talked together, saying that next morning they must set out early to the forest, and as they had a hard day’s work and a long journey before them, they would, for their amusement, make a compact, that whichever of them came home last with his load should lose his life on the gallows. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 talked talk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 12 together together ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 16 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl:unmarked _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 21 out out ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 22 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 20 advmod _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 as as SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ’s 's PART POS _ 33 case _ _ 35 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ _ 40 before before ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 amusement amusement NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 50 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 compact compact NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 54 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 55 det _ _ 55 whichever whichever NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nmod _ _ 58 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 advcl _ _ 59 home home ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 60 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 xcomp _ _ 61 with with ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 63 nmod:poss _ _ 63 load load NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ _ 64 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 65 aux _ _ 65 lose lose VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 66 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 67 nmod:poss _ _ 67 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obj _ _ 68 on on ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 gallows gallows NOUN NNS Number=Plur 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | the men | | | | evening | therefore *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **talk** | past | the men *not said here* | | | | | together *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the men *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **set out** | must | Hans *= han* | | | the forest | morning | early *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to forest=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **have** | past | Hans *= han* | a hard day's work and a long journey | | | before others *= other* | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Patient | | 6 | **make** | infinitive | the men *not said here* | a compact | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset compact=Product | | 7 | **come** | past | that whichever of Hans | | | | | home, last *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **lose** | should | | man's life | | the gallows | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Eventuality | | 9 | **work** | | a hard day | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **amuse** | | Hans *= han* | | | | | | nom amusement «feeling 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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/12/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/12/92/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/12/)