--- title: The nyamatsanes paid no attention to her, and began to open all the… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The nyamatsanes paid no attention to her, and began to open all the cupboards, and peep under all the beds, crying out all the while, ‘A man is here! a man is here!’ but they could find nobody, and at length, tired out with their long day’s hunting, they curled themselves up and fell asleep. 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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 (nyamatsanes, man, long day), 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:pg5615:34:129 # text = The nyamatsanes paid no attention to her, and began to open all the cupboards, and peep under all the beds, crying out all the while, ‘A man is here! a man is here!’ but they could find nobody, and at length, tired out with their long day’s hunting, they curled themselves up and fell asleep. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 nyamatsanes nyamatsane NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 paid pay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 attention attention NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 15 det:predet _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 cupboards cupboard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 peep peep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 19 under under ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 22 det:predet _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 beds bed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 crying cry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 xcomp _ _ 25 out out ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 28 det:predet _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 34 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ! ! PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 39 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ! ! PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ 42 but but CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 46 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 49 at at ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 52 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 53 out out ADP RP _ 52 compound:prt _ _ 54 with with ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 55 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 56 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ’s 's PART POS _ 57 case _ _ 59 hunting hunting NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 61 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 62 curled curl VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 63 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 62 obj _ _ 64 up up ADP RP _ 62 compound:prt _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 66 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 conj _ _ 67 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | past | the nyamatsanes | no attention | grandmother | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Asset | | 2 | **begin** | past | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **open** | to-infinitive | | all cupboards | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cupboard=Theme | | 4 | **peep** | infinitive | | | | | | under all beds | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent under bed=Theme | | 5 | **cry out** *speech: express* | gerund | | | | | while | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | present | a man | | | | | here *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | present | a man | | | | | here *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **find** | could | man | nobody | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nobody=Topic | | 9 | **curl up** | past | man | man | | length | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient | | 10 | **fall** | past | man *not said here* | | | | | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **hunt** | | man's long day | | | | | | nom hunting «act transitive»: poss=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 128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/34/128/) - next →: [The Pink Fairy Book, part 35, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/35/1/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/34/)