--- title: Christian was not afraid of that he wasn’t afraid of anything, so th… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Christian was not afraid of that he wasn’t afraid of anything, so they drank another bottle of wine on this, and Christian went with them up to the colonel, where he was put into uniform with musket, and all the rest, and was then shut up in the church, to stand as sentinel that night. 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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 (Christian, they), 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:pg5615:7:1 # text = Christian was not afraid of that he wasn’t afraid of anything, so they drank another bottle of wine on this, and Christian went with them up to the colonel, where he was put into uniform with musket, and all the rest, and was then shut up in the church, to stand as sentinel that night. 1 Christian Christian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 of of SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 9 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advcl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 drank drink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 17 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 18 det _ _ 18 bottle bottle NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 Christian Christian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 nsubj _ _ 26 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ _ 29 up up ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 colonel colonel NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 37 advmod _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl:relcl _ _ 38 into into ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 uniform uniform NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 musket musket NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 46 det:predet _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 49 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux:pass _ _ 50 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 51 advmod _ _ 51 shut shut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 52 up up ADP RP _ 51 compound:prt _ _ 53 in in ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 to to PART TO _ 58 mark _ _ 58 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 conj _ _ 59 as as ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 sentinel sentinel NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ _ 61 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 62 det _ _ 62 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past | Christian | | | | | all rest *obl*; afraid *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **is** | past | Christian | | | | | of anything; afraid *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **drink** | past | they | another bottle of wine | | this | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bottle=Patient | | 4 | **go up** | past | Christian | | | | | with them *= they*; to the colonel | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 5 | **put** | past · passive | | Christian | | uniform | | with musket | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal | | 6 | **shut up** | past · passive | Christian *not said here* | | | the church | then | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP» | | 7 | **stand** | to-infinitive | Christian *not said here* | | | | night | as sentinel | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=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: [The Pink Fairy Book, part 6, 134](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/6/134/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/7/2/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/7/)