--- title: So she told her grandson where to look for the net, and how he was t… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So she told her grandson where to look for the net, and how he was to set it across the river; but just as he was starting, feeling himself quite a man, she called him back. Who acts: thaw, Hare. 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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 (thaw, Hare), 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:pg3282:11:46 # text = So she told her grandson where to look for the net, and how he was to set it across the river; but just as he was starting, feeling himself quite a man, she called him back. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 grandson grandson NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 8 advmod _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl:relcl _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 net net NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 14 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 across across ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 25 just just ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 starting start VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 feeling feel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 32 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 31 obj _ _ 33 quite quite DET PDT PronType=Ind 35 det:predet _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 back back ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | thaw | thaw's grandson | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent grandson=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **look** | to-infinitive | thaw *not said here* | thaw's grandson *not said here* | | | | for the net | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for net=Theme | | 3 | **is** *not said to happen* | past | Hare | | | the river | | set *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **start** | past · progressive | Hare | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 5 | **feel** | gerund | Hare *not said here* | Hare | | | | quite man *obl:unmarked* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 6 | **call back** *speech: assert* | past | thaw | | Hare | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/11/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/11/47/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/11/)