--- title: He was not sure whether he dared tell what he had seen and heard, an… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He was not sure whether he dared tell what he had seen and heard, and besides he was also a little conceited because he had done what no other man had been able to do, or had had courage for. Who acts: king, other man. 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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 (king, other man), 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:pg5615:7:30 # text = He was not sure whether he dared tell what he had seen and heard, and besides he was also a little conceited because he had done what no other man had been able to do, or had had courage for. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 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 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 dared dare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 9 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 12 obj _ _ 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 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 ccomp _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 17 besides besides ADP IN _ 23 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 20 also also ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 obl:unmarked _ _ 23 conceited conceited ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 24 because because SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 28 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 27 obj _ _ 29 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 31 det _ _ 30 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 cop _ _ 34 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 acl:relcl _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 or or CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ _ 41 courage courage NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 41 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past | king | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | king | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **see** | past · perfect | king | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 4 | **hear** | participle | king *not said here* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is** | past | king | | | | | a little *obl:unmarked*; conceited *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **do** | past · perfect | king | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 7 | **is** | past · perfect | no other man | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **do** | to-infinitive | no other man *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **have** | past · perfect | king *not said here* | courage | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent courage=Patient | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/7/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/7/31/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/7/)