--- title: However, he liked the fellow; and thinking that he would amuse his w… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: However, he liked the fellow; and thinking that he would amuse his wife and daughter, he invited him to come and stay at his house as long as he had occasion to remain in the village. Who acts: man, deed. 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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, deed), 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:pg7128:26:10 # text = However, he liked the fellow; and thinking that he would amuse his wife and daughter, he invited him to come and stay at his house as long as he had occasion to remain in the village. 1 However however ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 liked like VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 9 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 amuse amuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 invited invite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 26 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 as as ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 25 advmod _ _ 31 as as SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 34 occasion occasion NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 acl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **like** | past | man | the fellow | | | | however *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot fellow=Theme | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | man *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **amuse** | would | man | man's wife and daughter | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus wife=Experiencer | | 4 | **invite** | past | man | deed | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **come** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | deed *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **stay** | infinitive | deed *not said here* | | | man's house | | long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at house=Location | | 7 | **have** | past | man | occasion | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent occasion=Patient | | 8 | **remain** | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | occasion *not said here* | | the village | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in village=Location | 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:** «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7128 (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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/11/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/)