--- title: After thinking it over till he was nearly mad, he tried at last to b… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: After thinking it over till he was nearly mad, he tried at last to believe that one night between Christmas and the New Year he had met a stranger in the forest, and had slept all night in his company before a big fire; the next day they had dined together, and had drunk a great deal more than was g --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/25/78/) [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 Violet Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/) / [The Underground Workers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/25/) / 78 # The Violet Fairy Book, The Underground Workers, sentence 78 After thinking it over till he was nearly mad, he tried at last to believe that one night between Christmas and the New Year he had met a stranger in the forest, and had slept all night in his company before a big fire; the next day they had dined together, and had drunk a great deal more than was good for them--in short, he had spent two whole days revelling with another man. **Who acts:** friend, Christmas, two whole days · **What happens:** think over, be, try, believe, meet, sleep · **To what, where:** memory, stranger, forest, great deal This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Underground Workers. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (friend, Christmas, two whole days), 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:pg641:25:78 # text = After thinking it over till he was nearly mad, he tried at last to believe that one night between Christmas and the New Year he had met a stranger in the forest, and had slept all night in his company before a big fire; the next day they had dined together, and had drunk a great deal more than was good for them--in short, he had spent two whole days revelling with another man. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 over over ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 5 till till SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 xcomp _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 that that ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 19 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 between between ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Christmas Christmas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 New New PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 Year Year PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 met meet VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 acl:relcl _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 slept sleep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ _ 38 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 39 det _ _ 39 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl:unmarked _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 43 before before ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ; ; PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl:unmarked _ _ 51 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 dined dine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ _ 54 together together ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 57 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 drunk drink VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 53 parataxis _ _ 59 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 60 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obj _ _ 62 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 65 advmod _ _ 63 than than ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 cop _ _ 65 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 advcl _ _ 66 for for ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 67 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 68 -- -- PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 69 in in ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 70 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 72 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 74 nsubj _ _ 73 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 74 aux _ _ 74 spent spend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 70 parataxis _ _ 75 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 77 nummod _ _ 76 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 77 amod _ _ 77 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 74 obj _ _ 78 revelling revell VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 77 acl _ _ 79 with with ADP IN _ 81 case _ _ 80 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 81 det _ _ 81 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 78 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 82 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think over** *speech: other* | gerund | friend *not said here* | memory | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | friend | | | | | mad, nearly *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **try** | past | friend | | | | | last *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **believe** | to-infinitive | friend *not said here* | | | | night | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **meet** | past · perfect | friend | a stranger | | the forest | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stranger=Co-Agent | | 6 | **sleep** | past · perfect | friend *not said here* | | | | before a big fire; night | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **dine** | past · perfect | Christmas | | | | day | together *property* | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **drink** | past · perfect | | a great deal | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deal=Patient | | 9 | **is** | past | | | | | | for Christmas; good *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **spend** | past · perfect | friend | | | | day | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **revell** | gerund | two whole days *not said here* | | | | | with another man | 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 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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/25/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/25/79/) - ↑ back to [The Underground Workers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/25/)