--- title: Meanwhile the mother at home was wondering what had become of her tw… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Meanwhile the mother at home was wondering what had become of her two sons, and as the hours went on, and their father never returned, she made up her mind to go and look for him. Who acts: mother, hours, father. 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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 (mother, hours, father), 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:pg3282:14:92 # text = Meanwhile the mother at home was wondering what had become of her two sons, and as the hours went on, and their father never returned, she made up her mind to go and look for him. 1 Meanwhile meanwhile ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 wondering wonder VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 8 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 10 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 ccomp _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 20 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 21 on on ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 26 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 31 up up ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | past · progressive | the mother at home | | | | | meanwhile *property* | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **become** | past · perfect | | | | | | of mother's two sons | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **go on** | past | the hours | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **not** **return** | past | sons's father | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **make up** | past | mother | mother's mind | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | | 6 | **go** | to-infinitive | mother *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **look** | infinitive | mother *not said here* | | | | | for chief | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for he=Theme | | 8 | **mind** | | mother | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=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:** «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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/14/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/14/93/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/14/)