--- title: Mr. Fitzwarren ordered a chair to be set for him, and so he began to… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Mr. Fitzwarren ordered a chair to be set for him, and so he began to think they were making game of him, at the same time said to them: “Do not play tricks with a poor simple boy, but let me go down again, if you please, to my work.” Who acts: Fitzwarren, shoes, King, my. 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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 (Fitzwarren, shoes, King, my), 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:pg7439:37:90 # text = Mr. Fitzwarren ordered a chair to be set for him, and so he began to think they were making game of him, at the same time said to them: “Do not play tricks with a poor simple boy, but let me go down again, if you please, to my work.” 1 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod:desc _ _ 2 Fitzwarren Fitzwarren PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 chair chair NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 8 set set ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 ccomp _ _ 21 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 29 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 acl _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 : : PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 33 “ " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 play play VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 37 tricks trick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 38 with with SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 40 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 41 simple simple ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 but but CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 46 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ _ 48 down down ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 49 again again ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 51 if if SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 52 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 53 please please INTJ UH _ 57 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 55 to to ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **order** | past | Fitzwarren Mr. | a chair | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chair=Theme | | 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | Fitzwarren Mr. *not said here* | | | | | for Fitzwarren; set *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **begin** | past | Fitzwarren | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | Fitzwarren *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **make** | past · progressive | shoes *= shoe* | game of Fitzwarren | | | time | | tree rules | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | participle | | the same time *not said here* | shoes *= shoe* | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to they=Recipient | | 7 | **not** **play** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | | tricks | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Theme | | 8 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | King | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **go down** *in a quote* | infinitive | King *not said here* | | | | again | to my work; down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 10 | **work** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/37/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/37/91/) - ↑ back to [Whittington and His Cat](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/37/)