--- title: The youth remained a whole year with the third master also, and when… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The youth remained a whole year with the third master also, and when he came home again, and his father inquired: ‘My son, what have you learnt?’ he answered: ‘Dear father, I have this year learnt what the frogs croak.’ Who acts: youth, father, I, year. 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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 (youth, father, I, year), 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:pg2591:41:14 # text = The youth remained a whole year with the third master also, and when he came home again, and his father inquired: ‘My son, what have you learnt?’ he answered: ‘Dear father, I have this year learnt what the frogs croak.’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 10 amod _ _ 10 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 11 also also ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 14 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 17 home home ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 again again ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 inquired inquire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 25 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 learnt learn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ? ? PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 37 : : PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 38 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 Dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 parataxis _ _ 44 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 45 det _ _ 45 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 46 learnt learn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 ccomp _ _ 47 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 46 parataxis _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 frogs frog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 compound _ _ 50 croak croak NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remain** | past | the youth | | | | year | with the third master | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **come** | past | youth | | | | again | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **inquire** *speech: other* | past | master's father | My son | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **learn** | present · perfect · passive | | My son | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 5 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | father | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **have** | present | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **learn** | past | this year | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «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:** «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 2591 (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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/41/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/41/15/) - ↑ back to [The Three Languages](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/41/)