--- title: Now the poor man had been very sad since he got home the evening bef… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now the poor man had been very sad since he got home the evening before, for though his daughters had promised that nothing should happen while he was away, he had found the two elder ones married without asking his leave. Who acts: poor man, man, nothing, king. 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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 (poor man, man, nothing, king), 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:pg2435:38:77 # text = Now the poor man had been very sad since he got home the evening before, for though his daughters had promised that nothing should happen while he was away, he had found the two elder ones married without asking his leave. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 6 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 cop _ _ 7 very very ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 9 since since SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 12 home home ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl:unmarked _ _ 15 before before ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 17 for for SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 18 though though SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 promised promise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 parataxis _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 26 nsubj _ _ 25 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 27 while while SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 30 away away ADV RB _ 26 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 parataxis _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 36 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nummod _ _ 37 elder elder ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 39 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 acl _ _ 40 without without SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 41 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 advcl _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 leave leave NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past · perfect | the poor man | | | | now | sad *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **get** | past | man | | | | evening | before, home *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past · perfect · passive | | king's daughters | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V NP that S»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **happen** *not said to happen* | should | nothing | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | king | | | | | away *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **find** | past · perfect | king | the two elder ones | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Topic | | 7 | **marry** | participle | | the two elder ones *not said here* | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | | king's leave | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent leave=Recipient | 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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/38/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/38/78/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/38/)