--- title: But he answered that now, when he had found them, his next task was… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But he answered that now, when he had found them, his next task was to get the bird Grip, for which his blind father was longing, and so he had not a single hour to spare with them in the inn. Who acts: king, next task, blind father. 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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 (king, next task, blind father), 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:pg5615:14:100 # text = But he answered that now, when he had found them, his next task was to get the bird Grip, for which his blind father was longing, and so he had not a single hour to spare with them in the inn. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 5 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 task task NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 Grip grip NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 obl _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 26 blind blind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 longing long VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 32 so so ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 spare spare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 acl _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 inn inn NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | king | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **find** | past · perfect | king | guests *= guest* | | | now | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic | | 3 | **is** | past | king's next task | | | | | get *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **long** | past · progressive | king's blind father | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for which=Theme | | 5 | **not** **hour** | past | king | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **spare** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | | | the inn | | with guests *= guest* | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **task** | | king | | | | | | nom task «act 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 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/14/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/14/101/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/14/)