--- title: He minded how she'd nursed him when he was a tiddy brat, and helped… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He minded how she'd nursed him when he was a tiddy brat, and helped him with his lessons, and cooked his dinners, and mended his clouts, and bore with his foolishness; and he felt sorrier and sorrier, while he began to sob and greet. Who acts: folk. 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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), 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:pg14241:26:39 # text = He minded how she'd nursed him when he was a tiddy brat, and helped him with his lessons, and cooked his dinners, and mended his clouts, and bore with his foolishness; and he felt sorrier and sorrier, while he began to sob and greet. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 minded mind VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 5 'd have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 nursed nurse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 xcomp _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 tiddy tiddy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 brat brat NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 helped help VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 lessons lesson NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 cooked cook VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 dinners dinner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 mended mend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 clouts clout NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 bore bear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 foolishness foolishness NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 41 sorrier sorry ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 40 xcomp _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 sorrier sorry ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 while while SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 sob sob VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 xcomp _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 greet greet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mind** | past | folk | | | | | | vn care-88.1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **nurse** | past · perfect · passive | | mother | | | | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient he=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | past | folk | a tiddy brat | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **help** | past | folk *not said here* | | folk | | | with folk's lessons | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary with lesson=Theme | | 5 | **cook** | past | folk *not said here* | folk's dinners | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent dinner=Patient | | 6 | **mend** | past | | folk's clouts | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **bear** | past | | | | | | with folk's foolishness | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **feel** | past | folk | | | | | sorry *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 9 | **begin** | past | folk | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 10 | **sob** | to-infinitive | folk *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **greet** *speech: greet* | infinitive | folk *not said here* | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **clout** | | folk | | | | | | nom clout «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/26/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/26/40/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/26/)