--- title: But an envious wizened bit of a fellow, with a red head, that wished… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But an envious wizened bit of a fellow, with a red head, that wished to be married to the princess, and didn't like how she opened her eyes at Tom, came forward, and asked his business very snappishly. Who acts: that, princess. 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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 (that, princess), 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:pg7885:33:30 # text = But an envious wizened bit of a fellow, with a red head, that wished to be married to the princess, and didn't like how she opened her eyes at Tom, came forward, and asked his business very snappishly. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 2 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 envious envious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 wizened wizen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl:unmarked _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 16 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 ccomp _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 26 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 28 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 31 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 37 forward forward ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 parataxis _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 business business NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 very very ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 snappishly snappishly ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wizen** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **wish** | past | that | a envious wizened bit of a fellow and a red head | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **marry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | to the princess | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: to princess=Co-Patient | | 4 | **not** **like** | past · do-support | that *not said here* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 5 | **open** | past | princess | princess's eyes | | Tom | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme at tom=Location | | 6 | **come forward** | past | princess *not said here* | | | | | forward *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | | Tom's business | | | | snappishly *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent business=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:** «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7885 (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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/33/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/33/31/) - ↑ back to [The Lad With the Goat-skin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/33/)