--- title: And when he got in, his mother only looked at him and smiled as if t… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And when he got in, his mother only looked at him and smiled as if to say she could leave him with a quiet mind since he had got brains enough now to look after himself--and then she died. Who acts: folk, mother. 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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 (folk, mother), 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:pg14241:26:37 # text = And when he got in, his mother only looked at him and smiled as if to say she could leave him with a quiet mind since he had got brains enough now to look after himself--and then she died. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 5 in in ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 only only ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 smiled smile VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 if if SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 27 since since SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 31 brains brain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 32 enough enough ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 33 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 30 advmod _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 36 after after ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 -- -- PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 42 advmod _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get in** | past | folk | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **look** | past | folk's mother | | | | | at folk | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme | | 3 | **smile** | past | folk's mother *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | to-infinitive | folk's mother *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **leave** | could | mother | | folk | | | with a quiet mind | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with mind=Theme | | 6 | **get** | past · perfect | folk | brains | | | now | enough *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer brain=Stimulus | | 7 | **look** | to-infinitive | folk *not said here* | | | | after folk | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 8 | **die** | past | mother | | | | then | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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:** «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (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/pg14241/26/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/26/38/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/26/)