--- title: Hardly had he arrived there, than the three gentlemen who had got hi… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Hardly had he arrived there, than the three gentlemen who had got his mule perceived him, and coming up to him said: ‘Welcome, Mr. Simon, what brings you here; are you on the look out for a bargain?’ Who acts: Simon, three gentlemen. 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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 (Simon, three gentlemen), 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:pg7277:26:52 # text = Hardly had he arrived there, than the three gentlemen who had got his mule perceived him, and coming up to him said: ‘Welcome, Mr. Simon, what brings you here; are you on the look out for a bargain?’ 1 Hardly hardly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 than than ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 gentlemen gentleman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 acl:relcl _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 mule mule NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 perceived perceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 20 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 ccomp _ _ 21 up up ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ _ 24 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 : : PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 26 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 Welcome welcome INTJ UH _ 33 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 29 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod:desc _ _ 30 Simon Simon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 33 nsubj _ _ 33 brings bring VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 ccomp _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 37 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 conj _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 look look NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 42 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 bargain bargain NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrive out** | past | Simon | | | the look; there | | for a bargain; hardly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **get** | past · perfect | the three gentlemen | Simon's mule | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mule=Stimulus | | 3 | **perceive** | past | the three gentlemen | Simon | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 4 | **come up** | gerund | | | Simon | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Simon *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **bring** | present | Simon Mr. | | you | here | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument you=Destination | | 7 | **is a** | present | Simon *not said here* | you | | | | | 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 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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/26/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/26/53/) - ↑ back to [The Biter Bit, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/26/)