--- title: By-and-by the boy grew into a man, as boys will, and then the oldest… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: By-and-by the boy grew into a man, as boys will, and then the oldest of the fairies said to her sisters: “Now I will marry him, and he shall be really your brother.” Who acts: boy, oldest. 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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 (boy, oldest), 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:pg2435:12:81 # text = By-and-by the boy grew into a man, as boys will, and then the oldest of the fairies said to her sisters: “Now I will marry him, and he shall be really your brother.” 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 ccomp _ _ 9 into into ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 15 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 oldest old ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 24 nsubj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 fairies fairy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 24 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 : : PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 29 “ " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 33 advmod _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 ccomp _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 38 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 cop _ _ 40 really really ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 41 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | past | the boy | | | | | into a man *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into man=Result | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the oldest | | queen's sisters | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to sister=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **marry** *in a quote* | future | the oldest *= old* | boy | | | now | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | shall | boy | your brother | | | | | 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:** «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/82/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/)