--- title: Peter Bull was quite willing to do so, and it was settled that he sh… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Peter Bull was quite willing to do so, and it was settled that he should keep the money, while the peasant made his will and left to him all that he had, before he went home to his wife, and told her the whole story. Who acts: Peter, peasant. 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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 (Peter, peasant), 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:pg5615:14:77 # text = Peter Bull was quite willing to do so, and it was settled that he should keep the money, while the peasant made his will and left to him all that he had, before he went home to his wife, and told her the whole story. 1 Peter Peter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 Bull Bull PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 quite quite ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 willing willing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 settled settle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 while while SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 peasant peasant NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 31 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 34 det:predet _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 before before SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 39 home home ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 46 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 iobj _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Peter | | | | | willing *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | Peter *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **settle** | past · passive | | heir | | | | | vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: subject=Location | | 4 | **keep** | should | Peter | the money | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme | | 5 | **make** | past | the peasant | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **leave** | past | the peasant *not said here* | | Peter | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **have** | past | Peter | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **go** | past | Peter | | | | | to Peter's wife; home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to wife=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the peasant *not said here* | the whole story | wife | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient story=Topic | 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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/14/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/14/78/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/14/)