--- title: But when he saw that a cross had been made on the door of the house… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But when he saw that a cross had been made on the door of the house where the Soldier lived, he took a piece of chalk also, and made crosses on all the doors in the town; and that was very clever, for now the lady-in-waiting could not find the right house, as there were crosses on all the doors. 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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 (soldier, that, lady, crosses), 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:pg640:46:110 # text = But when he saw that a cross had been made on the door of the house where the Soldier lived, he took a piece of chalk also, and made crosses on all the doors in the town; and that was very clever, for now the lady-in-waiting could not find the right house, as there were crosses on all the doors. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 cross cross NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 ccomp _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 20 advmod _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Soldier Soldier PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 chalk chalk NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 28 also also ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 32 crosses cross NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 36 det:predet _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 doors door NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 42 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 45 nsubj _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 44 very very ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 47 for for SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 48 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 57 advmod _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 in in ADP IN _ 54 case _ SpaceAfter=No 53 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 waiting waiting NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nsubj _ _ 55 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 56 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 57 advmod _ _ 57 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 parataxis _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 59 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 62 as as SCONJ IN _ 64 mark _ _ 63 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 64 expl _ _ 64 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 parataxis _ _ 65 crosses cross NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 nsubj _ _ 66 on on ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 67 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 69 det:predet _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 doors door NOUN NNS Number=Plur 65 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | soldier | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **make** | past · perfect · passive | | a cross | | the door of the house | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 3 | **live** | past | the Soldier | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **take** | past | soldier | a piece of chalk | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Theme | | 5 | **make** | past | soldier *not said here* | crosses | | all doors in the town | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cross=Product | | 6 | **is** | past | that | | | | | clever *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **find** | could | the lady | the right house | | | now | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Topic | | 8 | **be** | past | crosses on all doors | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/46/109/) - next →: [sentence 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/46/111/) - ↑ back to [The Tinder-box](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/46/)