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title: The little fellow didn’t like this, and began to cry, for he was afr… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: The little fellow didn’t like this, and began to cry, for he was afraid of the old woman, but his mother ordered him to go, for she thought it wrong not to help such a weakly old creature; so, still crying, he gathered the cabbages into a basket and followed the old woman across the Market Place. Wh
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# The Violet Fairy Book, The History of Dwarf Long Nose, part 1, sentence 44

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The little fellow didn’t like this, and began to cry, for he was afraid of the old woman, but his mother ordered him to go, for she thought it wrong not to help such a weakly old creature; so, still crying, he gathered the cabbages into a basket and followed the old woman across the Market Place.

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**Who acts:** little fellow, fellow, mother · **What happens:** not like, begin, cry, be, order, go · **To what, where:** this, fellow, weakly old creature, cabbages, old woman, Market Place

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This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The History of Dwarf Long Nose, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (little fellow, fellow, mother), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg641:26:44
# text = The little fellow didn’t like this, and began to cry, for he was afraid of the old woman, but his mother ordered him to go, for she thought it wrong not to help such a weakly old creature; so, still crying, he gathered the cabbages into a basket and followed the old woman across the Market Place.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	fellow	fellow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n’t	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	like	like	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	cry	cry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
16	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	afraid	afraid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	conj	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
23	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
24	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
25	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nsubj	_	_
26	ordered	order	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
27	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	obj	_	_
28	to	to	PART	TO	_	29	mark	_	_
29	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
31	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	33	mark	_	_
32	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj	_	_
33	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	advcl	_	_
34	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj	_	_
35	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	ccomp	_	_
36	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	38	advmod	_	_
37	to	to	PART	TO	_	38	mark	_	_
38	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	35	advcl	_	_
39	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	43	det:predet	_	_
40	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
41	weakly	weakly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	amod	_	_
42	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	amod	_	_
43	creature	creature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
45	so	so	ADV	RB	_	51	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
47	still	still	ADV	RB	_	48	advmod	_	_
48	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	51	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
50	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	51	nsubj	_	_
51	gathered	gather	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	cabbages	cabbage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	51	obj	_	_
54	into	into	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obl	_	_
57	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
58	followed	follow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	51	conj	_	_
59	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	61	det	_	_
60	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	61	amod	_	_
61	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	obj	_	_
62	across	across	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
63	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	65	det	_	_
64	Market	Market	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	65	compound	_	_
65	Place	Place	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	58	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **like** | past · do-support | the little fellow | this |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot this=Theme |
| 2 | **begin** | past | the little fellow *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | the little fellow *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is** | past | fellow |  |  |  |  | of the old woman; afraid *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **order** | past | fellow's mother |  | fellow |  |  |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 6 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | fellow's mother *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **think** *speech: other* | past | mother |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **not** **help** | to-infinitive | mother *not said here* | such weakly old creature |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent creature=Beneficiary |
| 9 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | fellow *not said here* |  |  |  | still |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 10 | **gather** | past | fellow | the cabbages |  |  |  | into a basket | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent cabbage=Patient into basket=Co-Patient |
| 11 | **follow** | past | fellow *not said here* | the old woman |  | the Market Place |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent woman=Theme across place=Trajectory |

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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.

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**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.

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