--- title: His parents were delighted to hear of his good fortune, and his fath… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: His parents were delighted to hear of his good fortune, and his father gave him his own sword, which was growing rusty for want of use, while his mother saw that his leather jerkin was in order. Who acts: parents, father, own sword, mother. 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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 (parents, father, own sword, mother), 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:pg3282:12:82 # text = His parents were delighted to hear of his good fortune, and his father gave him his own sword, which was growing rusty for want of use, while his mother saw that his leather jerkin was in order. 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 iobj _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 18 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 growing grow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 acl _ _ 24 rusty rusty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 xcomp _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 want want NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 while while SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 36 leather leather NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 jerkin jerkin NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Rosald's parents | | | | | delighted *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hear** | to-infinitive | Rosald's parents *not said here* | | | | | of Rosald's good fortune | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of fortune=Stimulus | | 3 | **give** | past | Rosald's father | Rosald's own sword | Rosald | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient sword=Theme | | 4 | **grow** | past · progressive | Rosald's own sword | | | | | for want of use; rusty *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **see** | past | Rosald's mother | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is** | past | Rosald's leather jerkin | | | order | | | tree rules | | 7 | **want** | | | use | | | | | nom want «state 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 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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/12/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/12/83/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/12/)