--- title: Mr. Fitzwarren then told the men to open the great treasure they had… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Mr. Fitzwarren then told the men to open the great treasure they had brought with them; and said: “Mr. Whittington has nothing to do but to put it in some place of safety.” Who acts: Mr., great treasure, Whittington. 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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 (Mr., great treasure, Whittington), 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:pg7439:37:92 # text = Mr. Fitzwarren then told the men to open the great treasure they had brought with them; and said: “Mr. Whittington has nothing to do but to put it in some place of safety.” 1 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 Fitzwarren Fitzwarren PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 4 told tell 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 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl:relcl _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 21 “ " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod:desc _ _ 23 Whittington Whittington PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 ccomp _ _ 25 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 24 obj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 acl _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 34 det _ _ 34 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 safety safety NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ” " PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Mr. | | the men | | then | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent man=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **open** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Mr. *not said here* | the great treasure | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location treasure=Theme | | 3 | **bring** | past · perfect · passive | the great treasure *not said here* | gentlemen *= gentleman* | | | | with riches *= rich* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Mr. *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Whittington Mr. | nothing | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient | | 6 | **do** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Whittington Mr. *not said here* | nothing *not said here* | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **put** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Whittington Mr. *not said here* | treasure | | some place of safety | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in place=Destination | 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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/37/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/37/93/) - ↑ back to [Whittington and His Cat](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/37/)