--- title: In the hope that his presence might be a restraint upon them, the mi… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In the hope that his presence might be a restraint upon them, the minister used to sit at the table during his servants’ meals, and would exhort them to drink much and often, thinking that they would not be able to eat as well, and beef was dearer than beer. Who acts: hope, minister, Hans, beef. 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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 (hope, minister, Hans, beef), 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:pg641:33:13 # text = In the hope that his presence might be a restraint upon them, the minister used to sit at the table during his servants’ meals, and would exhort them to drink much and often, thinking that they would not be able to eat as well, and beef was dearer than beer. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 hope hope NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 7 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 cop _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 restraint restraint NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 acl:relcl _ _ 11 upon upon ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 minister minister NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 during during ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ’ 's PART POS _ 24 case _ _ 26 meals meal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 exhort exhort VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 34 much much ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 often often ADV RB _ 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 41 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 cop _ _ 44 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 ccomp _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 as as ADV RB ExtPos=ADV 46 advmod _ _ 48 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 47 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 51 beef beef NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 52 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 53 dearer dear ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 16 conj _ _ 54 than than ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 beer beer NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | might | the hope | a restraint | | | | upon Hans *= han* | tree rules | | 2 | **use** | past | the minister | | | the hope | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **sit** | to-infinitive | the minister *not said here* | | | the table | during minister's servants's meals | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at table=Location | | 4 | **exhort** | would | the minister *not said here* | Hans *= han* | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **drink** | to-infinitive | the minister *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | the minister *not said here* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **not** **is** | would | Hans *= han* | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **eat** | to-infinitive | Hans *= han* *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is** | past | beef | | | | | than beer; dear *property* | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/33/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/33/14/) - ↑ back to [The Headless Dwarfs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/33/)