--- title: But the envious neighbour would not heed his words, and came daily w… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But the envious neighbour would not heed his words, and came daily with the same request, till at last the old people, who could not bear to say no to anyone, promised to lend the dog, just for a night or two. Who acts: envious neighbour, old people, 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 (envious neighbour, old people, 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:pg641:18:16 # text = But the envious neighbour would not heed his words, and came daily with the same request, till at last the old people, who could not bear to say no to anyone, promised to lend the dog, just for a night or two. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 envious envious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 neighbour neighbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 heed heed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 13 daily daily ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 request request NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 till till ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 27 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 bear bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 acl:relcl _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 31 obj _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 lend lend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 just just ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 46 or or CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **heed** | would | the envious neighbour | man's words | | | | | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | | 2 | **come** | past | | | | | | with the same request; daily *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **not** **bear** | could | the old people | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | the old people *not said here* | no | anyone | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent no=Topic to anyone=Recipient | | 5 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **lend** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | the dog | | | night | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme | | 7 | **word** | | man | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/18/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/18/17/) - ↑ back to [The Envious Neighbour](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/18/)