--- title: And in the evening, when the young man was alone with his wife, she… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And in the evening, when the young man was alone with his wife, she said to him, ‘Why would you not let me touch you when you came back, but always thrust me away when I tried to put my arms round you or kiss you?’ Who acts: young man, court, you, me. 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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 (young man, court, you, me), 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:pg5615:23:117 # text = And in the evening, when the young man was alone with his wife, she said to him, ‘Why would you not let me touch you when you came back, but always thrust me away when I tried to put my arms round you or kiss you?’ 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 11 alone alone ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 23 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 27 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 touch touch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 advmod _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 33 back back ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 37 advmod _ _ 37 thrust thrust VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 38 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 away away ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 40 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 42 advmod _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 45 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ _ 47 round round ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ _ 49 or or CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 kiss kiss VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 conj _ _ 51 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ? ? PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the young man | | | | | with man's wife; alone *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | court | | man | | evening | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient whether/if S»: agent=Pivot to he=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **let** | would | you | me | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **touch** | infinitive | me *not said here* | you | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme you=Co-Theme | | 5 | **come back** | past | you | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **thrust away** | infinitive | you *not said here* | me | | | | always, away *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 7 | **try** | past | I | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **put** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | my arms | | | | round you | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent arm=Goal | | 9 | **kiss** | infinitive | I *not said here* | you | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Co-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 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/23/116/) - next →: [sentence 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/23/118/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/23/)