--- title: When they were out of sight Ciccu asked the landlord how much he owe… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When they were out of sight Ciccu asked the landlord how much he owed, and then said to his purse, ‘Dear purse, give me, I pray you, six florins,’ and instantly six florins were in the purse. Who acts: brothers, sight, Ciccu, I. 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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 (brothers, sight, Ciccu, I), 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:pg5615:37:64 # text = When they were out of sight Ciccu asked the landlord how much he owed, and then said to his purse, ‘Dear purse, give me, I pray you, six florins,’ and instantly six florins were in the purse. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 out out ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 Ciccu Ciccu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 landlord landlord NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 12 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 obj _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 owed owe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 purse purse NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 Dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 purse purse NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 28 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 nummod _ _ 35 florins florin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 39 instantly instantly ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 nummod _ _ 41 florins florin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nsubj _ _ 42 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 purse purse NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | brothers *= brother* | | | sight | | | tree rules | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | sight | the landlord | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent landlord=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **owe** | past | Ciccu | much | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent much=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | then | to Ciccu's purse and Dear purse | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to purse=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 5 | **give** | infinitive | | | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 6 | **pray** | present | I | you | | | | six florins *obl* | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | past | six florins | | | the purse | | | tree rules | 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/37/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/37/65/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/37/)