--- title: He remembered the whole affair; he knew that he was dead and was goi… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He remembered the whole affair; he knew that he was dead and was going to be buried, and recognising the smith, he said to him, in a low voice, ‘My good neighbour, if I hadn’t been dead already, I should have laughed myself to death now to see you coming like this to my funeral.’ Who acts: carpenter --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/32/83/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Pink Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/) / [The Pink Fairy Book, part 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/32/) / 83 # The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 32, sentence 83 He remembered the whole affair; he knew that he was dead and was going to be buried, and recognising the smith, he said to him, in a low voice, ‘My good neighbour, if I hadn’t been dead already, I should have laughed myself to death now to see you coming like this to my funeral.’ **Who acts:** carpenter, I, you · **What happens:** remember, know, be, go, bury, recognise · **To what, where:** whole affair, smith, lid, low voice, I, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 32. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (carpenter, I, you), 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:pg5615:32:83 # text = He remembered the whole affair; he knew that he was dead and was going to be buried, and recognising the smith, he said to him, in a low voice, ‘My good neighbour, if I hadn’t been dead already, I should have laughed myself to death now to see you coming like this to my funeral.’ 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 remembered remember VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 affair affair NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 ccomp _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 17 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 buried bury VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 recognising recognise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 smith smith NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 35 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 neighbour neighbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 40 if if SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 42 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 43 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 44 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 45 cop _ _ 45 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 parataxis _ _ 46 already already ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj:pass _ _ 49 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 50 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 51 aux _ _ 51 laughed laugh VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 52 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 51 obl:unmarked _ _ 53 to to ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 55 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 51 advmod _ _ 56 to to PART TO _ 57 mark _ _ 57 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 advcl _ _ 58 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 57 obj _ _ 59 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 57 xcomp _ _ 60 like like ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 59 obl _ _ 62 to to ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 64 nmod:poss _ _ 64 funeral funeral NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remember** | past | carpenter | the whole affair | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent affair=Theme | | 2 | **know** | past | carpenter | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** | past | carpenter | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **go** | past · progressive | carpenter *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **bury** | to-infinitive · passive | carpenter *not said here* | | | | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP» | | 6 | **recognise** | gerund | carpenter *not said here* | the smith | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer smith=Stimulus | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | carpenter | | lid | a low voice | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 8 | **not** **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | I | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **laugh** | should · perfect · passive | | I | | | now | to death; myself *obl:unmarked* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 10 | **see** | to-infinitive | | you | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **come** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | my funeral | | like this | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to funeral=Initial\_Location | 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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/32/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/32/84/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/32/)