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title: He hoped that some day he might have children in his home, and the t… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: He hoped that some day he might have children in his home, and the thought that he must yield up the heir to his crown was very bitter to him; but just then a huge wave broke with great force on the ship’s side, and his men fell on their knees and entreated him to save them. Who acts: king, thought,
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# The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 17, sentence 91

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He hoped that some day he might have children in his home, and the thought that he must yield up the heir to his crown was very bitter to him; but just then a huge wave broke with great force on the ship’s side, and his men fell on their knees and entreated him to save them.

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**Who acts:** king, thought, huge wave, men · **What happens:** hope, have, yield up, be, break, fall · **To what, where:** children, home, heir, crown, king, side · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 17. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, thought, huge wave, men), 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:pg3282:17:91
# text = He hoped that some day he might have children in his home, and the thought that he must yield up the heir to his crown was very bitter to him; but just then a huge wave broke with great force on the ship’s side, and his men fell on their knees and entreated him to save them.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hoped	hope	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
9	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	thought	thought	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nsubj	_	_
17	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
18	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
19	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
20	yield	yield	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	acl	_	_
21	up	up	ADP	RP	_	20	compound:prt	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	heir	heir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
24	to	to	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
27	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	cop	_	_
28	very	very	ADV	RB	_	29	advmod	_	_
29	bitter	bitter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
30	to	to	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	39	punct	_	_
33	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
34	just	just	ADV	RB	_	35	advmod	_	_
35	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	39	advmod	_	_
36	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
37	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
38	wave	wave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nsubj	_	_
39	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
40	with	with	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	_
42	force	force	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	_
43	on	on	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	’s	's	PART	POS	_	45	case	_	_
47	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
49	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
50	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	51	nmod:poss	_	_
51	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	52	nsubj	_	_
52	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
53	on	on	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	55	nmod:poss	_	_
55	knees	knee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	52	obl	_	_
56	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	_
57	entreated	entreat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	52	conj	_	_
58	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	57	obj	_	_
59	to	to	PART	TO	_	60	mark	_	_
60	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	57	advcl	_	_
61	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	60	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hope** | past | king |  |  |  |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | might | king | children |  | king's home | day |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient |
| 3 | **yield up** | must | king | the heir |  |  |  | to king's crown *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent heir=Theme to crown=Goal |
| 4 | **is** | past | the thought |  | king |  |  | bitter *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **break** | past | a huge wave |  |  | the ship's side | then | with great force | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on side=Location |
| 6 | **fall** | past | king's men |  |  | waves's knees |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on knee=Location |
| 7 | **entreat** | past | king's men *not said here* |  | king |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
| 8 | **save** | to-infinitive | king's men *not said here* | waves *= wave* |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 9 | **crown** |  | king |  |  |  |  |  | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=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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