--- title: Now Ciccu could not forgive his master, whom he had served so faithf… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now Ciccu could not forgive his master, whom he had served so faithfully, for sending him to his death without a thought, so he answered, ‘I rubbed myself over with fat, and I am not even singed.’ Who acts: 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 (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:pg5615:39:8 # text = Now Ciccu could not forgive his master, whom he had served so faithfully, for sending him to his death without a thought, so he answered, ‘I rubbed myself over with fat, and I am not even singed.’ 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 Ciccu Ciccu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 forgive forgive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 served serve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl:relcl _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 faithfully faithfully ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 for for SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 17 sending send VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 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 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 without without ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 rubbed rub VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 33 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 32 obj _ _ 34 over over ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 fat fat NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 40 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 42 even even ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 singed singe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **forgive** | could | Ciccu | Ciccu's master | | | now | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent master=Theme | | 2 | **serve** | past · perfect · passive | | Ciccu's master | | | | faithfully *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute | | 3 | **send** | gerund | | Ciccu | | Ciccu's death | | without a thought | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to death=Destination | | 4 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Ciccu | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **rub over** | past | I | myself | | | | with fat | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent myself=Destination with fat=Theme | | 6 | **not** **singe** | present · passive | I | | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **die** | | Ciccu | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/39/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/39/9/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/39/)