--- title: The fencing-master received many a blow, but he set his teeth, and w… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The fencing-master received many a blow, but he set his teeth, and would not allow himself to be troubled by them, for he thought to himself, ‘If you are afraid of a blow you will never get the house.’ Who acts: fencing master, master, teeth, you. 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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 (fencing master, master, teeth, you), 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:pg5615:8:20 # text = The fencing-master received many a blow, but he set his teeth, and would not allow himself to be troubled by them, for he thought to himself, ‘If you are afraid of a blow you will never get the house.’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 fencing fencing NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 allow allow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 20 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 19 iobj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 troubled trouble VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 advcl _ _ 24 by by ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 for for SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 If if SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 37 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 ccomp _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 44 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 acl:relcl _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **receive** | past | the fencing master | a many blow | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blow=Theme | | 2 | **set** | past | master | master's teeth | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient tooth=Result | | 3 | **not** **allow** | would | master *not said here* | | master | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Beneficiary | | 4 | **trouble** | to-infinitive · passive | teeth *= tooth* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | master | | master | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | of a blow; afraid *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **get** | future | you | the house | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer house=Stimulus | 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/8/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/8/21/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/8/)