--- title: When the merchant saw what kind of man he had before him he began to… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the merchant saw what kind of man he had before him he began to speak him fair, and invited him to stay with him for some days, so that they might have some more talk together. Who acts: merchant, man, sorrow, dollars. 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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 (merchant, man, sorrow, dollars), 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:pg5615:14:73 # text = When the merchant saw what kind of man he had before him he began to speak him fair, and invited him to stay with him for some days, so that they might have some more talk together. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 5 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 6 det _ _ 6 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 before before ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 invited invite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 29 det _ _ 29 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 35 mark _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 fixed _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 36 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 38 det _ _ 37 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 38 amod _ _ 38 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 39 together together ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the merchant | what kind of man | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer kind=Stimulus | | 2 | **have** | past | man | | | | before sorrow | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **begin** | past | man | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | sorrow | | | | fair *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **invite** | past | man *not said here* | sorrow | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **stay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | sorrow *not said here* | | | | day | with sorrow | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with he=Location | | 7 | **have** | might | dollars *= dollar* | some more talk | | | | together *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent talk=Patient | 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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/14/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/14/74/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/14/)