--- title: The other man was a very pleasant fellow, and they got very friendly… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The other man was a very pleasant fellow, and they got very friendly together; but in the morning, when they were both getting up, the gentleman was surprised to see the other hang his trousers on the knobs of the chest of drawers and run across the room and try to jump into them, and he tried over --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/7/37/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [English Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/) / [The Three Sillies](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/7/) / 37 # English Fairy Tales, The Three Sillies, sentence 37 The other man was a very pleasant fellow, and they got very friendly together; but in the morning, when they were both getting up, the gentleman was surprised to see the other hang his trousers on the knobs of the chest of drawers and run across the room and try to jump into them, and he tried over and over again, and couldn't manage it; and the gentleman wondered whatever he was doing it for. **Who acts:** other man, sillies, gentleman, other · **What happens:** be, get, get up, see, hang, run · **To what, where:** pleasant fellow, other, trousers, knobs, room, whatever · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, The Three Sillies. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (other man, sillies, gentleman, other), 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:pg7439:7:37 # text = The other man was a very pleasant fellow, and they got very friendly together; but in the morning, when they were both getting up, the gentleman was surprised to see the other hang his trousers on the knobs of the chest of drawers and run across the room and try to jump into them, and he tried over and over again, and couldn't manage it; and the gentleman wondered whatever he was doing it for. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 pleasant pleasant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 13 very very ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 friendly friendly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 xcomp _ _ 15 together together ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 22 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 both both ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 27 up up ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 gentleman gentleman NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 32 surprised surprised ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 conj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 obj _ _ 37 hang hang VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 trousers trousers NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 40 on on ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 knobs knob NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 chest chest NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 drawers drawer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nmod _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 run run VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 50 across across ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 conj _ _ 55 to to PART TO _ 56 mark _ _ 56 jump jump VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 xcomp _ _ 57 into into ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 61 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 62 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 parataxis _ _ 63 over over ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 65 over over ADV RB _ 66 advmod _ _ 66 again again ADV RB _ 63 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 71 cc _ _ 69 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 71 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 70 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 71 advmod _ _ 71 manage manage VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 62 conj _ _ 72 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 71 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 73 ; ; PUNCT , _ 77 punct _ _ 74 and and CCONJ CC _ 77 cc _ _ 75 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 76 gentleman gentleman NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 nsubj _ _ 77 wondered wonder VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 78 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 81 obj _ _ 79 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 81 nsubj _ _ 80 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 81 aux _ _ 81 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 77 ccomp _ _ 82 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 81 obj _ _ 83 for for ADP IN _ 81 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 84 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the other man | a pleasant fellow | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **get** | past | sillies *= silly* | | | | | friendly, together *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **get up** | past · progressive | sillies *= silly* | | | | morning | both *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** | past | the gentleman | | | | | surprised *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **see** | to-infinitive | the gentleman *not said here* | the other | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **hang** | infinitive | the other *not said here* | gentleman's trousers | | the knobs of the chest of drawers | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent trousers=Theme on knob=Destination | | 7 | **run** | present | the other *not said here* | | | the room | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across room=Trajectory | | 8 | **try** | infinitive | the other *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 9 | **jump** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the other *not said here* | | | | | into sillies *= silly* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into they=Result | | 10 | **try** | past | gentleman | | | | | over *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 11 | **not** **manage** | could | gentleman *not said here* | room | | | | | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 12 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | past | the gentleman | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 13 | **do** | past · progressive | gentleman | whatever | | | | | 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:** «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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/7/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/7/38/) - ↑ back to [The Three Sillies](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/7/)