--- title: After this manner he comforted his mother, and on his eighteenth bir… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: After this manner he comforted his mother, and on his eighteenth birthday his best horse was led to the door of the palace, and he took leave of the queen in these words, “Dear mother, farewell, and by the help of fate I shall return to you as soon as I can.” Who acts: thing, son. 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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 (thing, son), 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:pg2435:37:30 # text = After this manner he comforted his mother, and on his eighteenth birthday his best horse was led to the door of the palace, and he took leave of the queen in these words, “Dear mother, farewell, and by the help of fate I shall return to you as soon as I can.” 1 After after ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 comforted comfort VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 eighteenth eighteenth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 birthday birthday NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 16 amod _ _ 16 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 led lead VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 29 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 ccomp _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 35 det _ _ 35 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 “ " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 Dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 farewell farewell INTJ UH _ 39 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 44 by by ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 52 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 51 obl _ _ 54 as as ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 55 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 51 advmod _ _ 56 as as SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 57 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 58 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ” " PUNCT '' _ 51 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **comfort** | past | thing | thing's mother | | | after this manner | | tree rules | | 2 | **lead** | past · passive | | thing's best horse | | thing's eighteenth birthday | | to the door of the palace | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on birthday=Destination | | 3 | **take** | past | thing | | | | | | vn require-103 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition | | 4 | **leave** | infinitive | thing *not said here* | | | | | in this words Dear mother *result*; of the queen | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in word=Result | | 5 | **return** *in a quote* | shall | son | | you | | | by the help of fate; soon *property* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to you=Result | | 6 | **help** *in a quote* | | | fate | | | | | nom help «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/37/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/37/31/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/37/)