--- title: Thirsty as he was, he did not wait to drink, but he told his mother… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Thirsty as he was, he did not wait to drink, but he told his mother that he smelt the blood of a Christian man, and that she had better bring him out at once and make him ready to be eaten. Who acts: sun, mother. 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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 (sun, mother), 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:pg7277:20:63 # text = Thirsty as he was, he did not wait to drink, but he told his mother that he smelt the blood of a Christian man, and that she had better bring him out at once and make him ready to be eaten. 1 Thirsty thirsty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 advcl _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 iobj _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 smelt smelt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 Christian Christian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 32 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 31 advmod _ _ 33 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 out out ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 36 at at ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 33 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | sun | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **wait** | past · do-support | sun | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **drink** | to-infinitive | sun *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | sun | | sun's mother | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent mother=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **smelt** | past | sun | the blood of a Christian man | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **have** | past | mother | | | | | well *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **bring out** | infinitive | mother *not said here* | sun | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 8 | **make** | infinitive | mother *not said here* | sun | | | | ready *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product | | 9 | **eat** | to-infinitive · passive | sun *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V» | 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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/20/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/20/64/) - ↑ back to [The Snuff-box](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/20/)