--- title: As he came back, after prayers, if he met any friend who said “Good-… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As he came back, after prayers, if he met any friend who said “Good-day,” or “How are you, friend Labakan?” he would wave his hand graciously or nod in a condescending way; and if his master happened to say to him, as he sometimes did, “Really, Labakan, you look like a prince,” he was delighted, and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/34/28/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/34/) / 28 # The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 34, sentence 28 As he came back, after prayers, if he met any friend who said “Good-day,” or “How are you, friend Labakan?” he would wave his hand graciously or nod in a condescending way; and if his master happened to say to him, as he sometimes did, “Really, Labakan, you look like a prince,” he was delighted, and would answer, “Have you noticed it too?” or “Well, so I have long thought.” **Who acts:** Labakan, friend, you, master, fellow workmen · **What happens:** come back, meet, say, be, wave, happen · **To what, where:** friend, Labakan, hand, master · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 34. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Labakan, friend, you, master), 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:pg2435:34:28 # text = As he came back, after prayers, if he met any friend who said “Good-day,” or “How are you, friend Labakan?” he would wave his hand graciously or nod in a condescending way; and if his master happened to say to him, as he sometimes did, “Really, Labakan, you look like a prince,” he was delighted, and would answer, “Have you noticed it too?” or “Well, so I have long thought.” 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 back back ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 after after ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 prayers prayer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 if if SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 13 det _ _ 13 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 16 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ” " PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ 22 or or CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 29 advmod _ _ 25 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod:desc _ _ 29 Labakan Labakan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ? ? PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ” " PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 wave wave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 flat _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 graciously graciously ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 38 or or CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 nod nod NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 condescending condescending ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 46 if if SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 49 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 xcomp _ _ 52 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 55 as as SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 56 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 57 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 58 advmod _ _ 58 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 60 “ " PUNCT `` _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 Really really ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 63 Labakan Labakan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 66 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 65 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 66 look look VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 58 conj _ _ 67 like like ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 71 ” " PUNCT '' _ 66 punct _ _ 72 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 74 nsubj _ _ 73 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 74 cop _ _ 74 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 75 , , PUNCT , _ 78 punct _ _ 76 and and CCONJ CC _ 78 cc _ _ 77 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 78 aux _ _ 78 answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 66 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 79 , , PUNCT , _ 83 punct _ _ 80 “ " PUNCT `` _ 83 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 81 Have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 83 aux _ _ 82 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 83 nsubj _ _ 83 noticed notice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 78 parataxis _ _ 84 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 83 obj _ _ 85 too too ADV RB _ 83 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 86 ? ? PUNCT . _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 87 ” " PUNCT '' _ 66 punct _ _ 88 or or CCONJ CC _ 96 cc _ _ 89 “ " PUNCT `` _ 96 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 90 Well well INTJ UH _ 96 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 91 , , PUNCT , _ 90 punct _ _ 92 so so ADV RB _ 96 advmod _ _ 93 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 96 nsubj _ _ 94 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 96 aux _ _ 95 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 96 advmod _ _ 96 thought think VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 66 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 97 . . PUNCT . _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 98 ” " PUNCT '' _ 49 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come back** | past | Labakan | | | | after prayers | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **meet** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Labakan | any friend | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Co-Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | any friend | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | you | Labakan | | | | friend *nmod:desc* | tree rules | | 5 | **wave** | would | Labakan | Labakan's hand | | | | in a condescending way; graciously *property* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent hand=Patient in way=Theme | | 6 | **happen** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Labakan's master | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | Labakan's master *not said here* | | Labakan | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 8 | **do** | past | Labakan | | | | | sometimes *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **look** *in a quote* | present | you | Labakan | | | | like a prince | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 10 | **is** | past | Labakan | | | | | delighted *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **answer** *speech: ask* | would | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **notice** *in a quote* | present | you | master | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 13 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present · perfect | Labakan's fellow workmen *= workman* | | | | | long *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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:** «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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/34/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/34/29/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/34/)