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title: Now Geirald was the son of a rich man, who was proud of the boy, and… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: Now Geirald was the son of a rich man, who was proud of the boy, and had all his life allowed him to do whatever he fancied, and, luckily for the father, he was prudent and sensible, and did not waste money, as many other rich young men might have done. Who acts: Geirald, rich man, life, father. A s
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# The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 12, sentence 73

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Now Geirald was the son of a rich man, who was proud of the boy, and had all his life allowed him to do whatever he fancied, and, luckily for the father, he was prudent and sensible, and did not waste money, as many other rich young men might have done.

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**Who acts:** Geirald, rich man, life, father, many other rich young men · **What happens:** be, have, allow, do, fancy, not waste · **To what, where:** son, Geirald, whatever, money

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This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Geirald, rich man, life, father), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg3282:12:73
# text = Now Geirald was the son of a rich man, who was proud of the boy, and had all his life allowed him to do whatever he fancied, and, luckily for the father, he was prudent and sensible, and did not waste money, as many other rich young men might have done.
1	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
2	Geirald	Geirald	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	proud	proud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	acl:relcl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	appos	_	_
20	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	22	det:predet	_	_
21	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
23	allowed	allow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	ccomp	_	_
24	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	iobj	_	_
25	to	to	PART	TO	_	26	mark	_	_
26	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	xcomp	_	_
27	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	26	obj	_	_
28	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
29	fancied	fancy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
33	luckily	luckily	ADV	RB	_	36	advmod	_	_
34	for	for	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
38	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	40	nsubj	_	_
39	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	40	cop	_	_
40	prudent	prudent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	parataxis	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
42	sensible	sensible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
45	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	47	aux	_	_
46	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	47	advmod	_	_
47	waste	waste	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	19	parataxis	_	_
48	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
50	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	58	mark	_	_
51	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
52	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
53	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
54	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
55	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	58	nsubj	_	_
56	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	58	aux	_	_
57	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	58	aux	_	_
58	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	47	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Geirald | the son |  |  |  | of a rich man | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | a rich man |  |  |  |  | of the boy; proud *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **have** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **allow** | past | Geirald's life |  | Geirald |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer he=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 5 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Geirald's life *not said here* | whatever |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whatever=Eventuality |
| 6 | **fancy** | past | Geirald |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 7 | **is** | past | the father |  |  |  |  | prudent *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **be** |  | the father *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 9 | **not** **waste** | past · do-support |  | money |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient |
| 10 | **do** | might · perfect | many other rich young men |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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**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.

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