--- title: That was a grand idea, both the squire and his wife thought, and so… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: That was a grand idea, both the squire and his wife thought, and so he limped out again to Hans, and said that he would punish his men for having tried to make a fool of him. Who acts: That, wife, squire. 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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 (That, wife, squire), 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:pg5615:13:49 # text = That was a grand idea, both the squire and his wife thought, and so he limped out again to Hans, and said that he would punish his men for having tried to make a fool of him. 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 grand grand ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 both both CCONJ CC _ 9 cc:preconj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 squire squire NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 so so ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 limped limp VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 19 out out ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 20 again again ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Hans Hans PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 punish punish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 ccomp _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 32 for for SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 33 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 34 tried try VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 xcomp _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 fool fool NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | That | a grand idea | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | squire's wife | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **limp out** | past | squire | | Hans | | again | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to hans=Destination | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **punish** | would | squire | squire's men | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient | | 6 | **have** | gerund | squire *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **try** | participle | squire *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **make** | to-infinitive | squire *not said here* | a fool of squire | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fool=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 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/13/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/13/50/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/13/)