--- title: This had gone on so long that now there were no men left, and he had… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This had gone on so long that now there were no men left, and he had been obliged to send his own daughter instead, and the poor girl was waiting till the monster got hungry and felt inclined to eat her. Who acts: This, men, poor girl, monster. 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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 (This, men, poor girl, monster), 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:pg5615:22:143 # text = This had gone on so long that now there were no men left, and he had been obliged to send his own daughter instead, and the poor girl was waiting till the monster got hungry and felt inclined to eat her. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 obl _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ 9 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 10 expl _ _ 10 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 11 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 12 det _ _ 12 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 13 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 23 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 instead instead ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 33 till till SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 monster monster NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 37 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 xcomp _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 40 inclined inclined ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past · perfect | This | | | long | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on long=Location | | 2 | **be** | past | no men | | | there | now | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **leave** | participle | | no men *not said here* | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **oblige** | past · perfect · passive | | man | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | | 5 | **send** | to-infinitive | | man's own daughter | | | | instead *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme | | 6 | **wait** | past · progressive | the poor girl | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **get** | past | the monster | | | | | hungry *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **feel** | past | the monster *not said here* | | | | | inclined *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 9 | **eat** | to-infinitive | the monster *not said here* | girl | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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 142](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/22/142/) - next →: [The Pink Fairy Book, part 23, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/23/1/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/22/)