--- title: So the gentleman burst out a-laughing, and showed him how to put the… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So the gentleman burst out a-laughing, and showed him how to put them on; and he was very much obliged to him, and said he never should have thought of doing it that way. Who acts: gentleman. 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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 (gentleman), 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:pg7439:7:43 # text = So the gentleman burst out a-laughing, and showed him how to put them on; and he was very much obliged to him, and said he never should have thought of doing it that way. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 gentleman gentleman NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 burst burst VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 laughing laugh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 iobj _ _ 13 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 advcl _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 on on ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 22 very very ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 much much ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 31 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 32 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 aux _ _ 34 thought think VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 ccomp _ _ 35 of of SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 36 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 det _ _ 39 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burst out** | past | the gentleman | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **laugh** | gerund | the gentleman *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **show** | past | the gentleman *not said here* | | gentleman | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 4 | **put on** | to-infinitive | the gentleman *not said here* | miles *= mile* | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent they=Goal | | 5 | **oblige** | past · passive | | gentleman | three | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the gentleman *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | should · perfect | gentleman | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **do** | gerund | gentleman *not said here* | part | | | | that way *obl:unmarked* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/7/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/7/44/) - ↑ back to [The Three Sillies](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/7/)