--- title: Dick now tried to rise, but was obliged to lie down again, being too… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Dick now tried to rise, but was obliged to lie down again, being too weak to stand, for he had not eaten any food for three days, and was no longer able to run about and beg a halfpenny of people in the street. Who acts: Dick. 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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 (Dick), 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:pg7439:37:23 # text = Dick now tried to rise, but was obliged to lie down again, being too weak to stand, for he had not eaten any food for three days, and was no longer able to run about and beg a halfpenny of people in the street. 1 Dick Dick PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 rise rise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 down down ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 again again ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 cop _ _ 16 too too ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 weak weak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 for for SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 parataxis _ _ 26 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 27 det _ _ 27 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 30 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 34 no no ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 36 advmod _ _ 36 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 about about ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 beg beg VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 halfpenny halfpenny NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nmod _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 street street NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | past | Dick | | | | now | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **rise** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Dick *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **oblige** | past · passive | Dick *not said here* | | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: clause=Result | | 4 | **lie down** | to-infinitive | Dick *not said here* | | | | again | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | gerund | Dick *not said here* | | | | | weak *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **stand** | to-infinitive | Dick *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **not** **eat** | past · perfect | Dick | any food | | | day | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient | | 8 | **is** | past | | | | | | able, long *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **run about** | to-infinitive | | | | | | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **beg** *speech: request* | infinitive | | a halfpenny of people in the street | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent halfpenny=Recipient | 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:** «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7439 (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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/37/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/37/24/) - ↑ back to [Whittington and His Cat](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/37/)