--- title: But the man with the cage made answer: ‘Since I started from my home… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But the man with the cage made answer: ‘Since I started from my home in the country, fifty people at the least have called me to show them my gazelles, and was there one among them who cared to buy? Who acts: man, I, fifty people. 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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 (man, I, fifty people), 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:pg641:15:11 # text = But the man with the cage made answer: ‘Since I started from my home in the country, fifty people at the least have called me to show them my gazelles, and was there one among them who cared to buy? 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 cage cage NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 10 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 Since since SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 14 from from ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 22 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 22 appos _ _ 26 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 parataxis _ _ 28 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 gazelles gazelle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 37 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 38 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 obl _ _ 39 among among ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nmod _ _ 41 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 42 cared care VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 buy buy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | participle | the man with the cage | answer | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Product | | 2 | **start** | past | I | | | my home | | in the country | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **call** | present · perfect | fifty people | me | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **show** | to-infinitive | fifty people *not said here* | people | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient gazelle=Topic | | 5 | **is** | past | | | | | | one among Gazelles *obl*; there *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **care** | past | | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **buy** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: 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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/15/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/15/12/) - ↑ back to [The Story of a Gazelle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/15/)