--- title: He didn’t like the idea of going back to his hut in the wind and wet… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He didn’t like the idea of going back to his hut in the wind and wet, so he just stepped as he was into the girl’s room, laid the sack of gold beside her, and was turning to leave the room, when his master confronted him and said, ‘You young rogue, so you were going to steal the gold that a good Fai --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/15/97/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Yellow Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/) / [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/15/) / 97 # The Yellow Fairy Book, The Grateful Beasts(11), part 2, sentence 97 He didn’t like the idea of going back to his hut in the wind and wet, so he just stepped as he was into the girl’s room, laid the sack of gold beside her, and was turning to leave the room, when his master confronted him and said, ‘You young rogue, so you were going to steal the gold that a good Fairy brings every night, were you?’ **Who acts:** BOY, idea, master, You, good Fairy · **What happens:** not like, go back, step, be, lay, turn · **To what, where:** idea, room, sack, BOY, gold, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Grateful Beasts(11), part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (BOY, idea, master, 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:pg640:15:97 # text = He didn’t like the idea of going back to his hut in the wind and wet, so he just stepped as he was into the girl’s room, laid the sack of gold beside her, and was turning to leave the room, when his master confronted him and said, ‘You young rogue, so you were going to steal the gold that a good Fairy brings every night, were you?’ 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 9 back back ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 so so ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 just just ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 stepped step VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 26 into into ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ’s 's PART POS _ 28 case _ _ 30 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 37 beside beside ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 51 advmod _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 51 confronted confront VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 parataxis _ _ 52 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 56 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 58 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 rogue rogue NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 61 so so ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 62 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 63 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 64 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 78 ccomp _ _ 65 to to PART TO _ 66 mark _ _ 66 steal steal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 64 xcomp _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obj _ _ 69 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 73 obj _ _ 70 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 71 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 72 amod _ _ 72 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 nsubj _ _ 73 brings bring VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 68 acl:relcl _ _ 74 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 75 det _ _ 75 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 76 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 77 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 78 cop _ _ 78 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 79 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 80 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **like** | past · do-support | BOY | the idea | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot idea=Theme | | 2 | **go back** | gerund | the idea *not said here* | | | | | to BOY's hut in the wind *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to hut=Result | | 3 | **step** | past | BOY | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | BOY | | | the girl's room | | | tree rules | | 5 | **lay** | past | BOY *not said here* | the sack of gold | | | | beside girl | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sack=Theme beside she=Destination | | 6 | **turn** | past · progressive | BOY *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **leave** | to-infinitive | BOY *not said here* | the room | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Theme | | 8 | **confront** | past | BOY's master | BOY | | | | | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | BOY's master *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **rogue** | | You | | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **go** | past · progressive | you | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 12 | **steal** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the gold | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location gold=Theme | | 13 | **bring** | present | a good Fairy | the gold | | | night | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent that=Theme | | 14 | **is a** | past | | you | | | | | 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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/15/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/15/98/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/15/)