--- title: Once upon a time there lived a miller who was so rich that, when he… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Once upon a time there lived a miller who was so rich that, when he was going to be married, he asked to the feast not only his own friends but also the wild animals who dwelt in the hills and woods round about. Who acts: miller, way, wild animals. 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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 (miller, way, wild animals), 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:pg3282:20:77 # text = Once upon a time there lived a miller who was so rich that, when he was going to be married, he asked to the feast not only his own friends but also the wild animals who dwelt in the hills and woods round about. 1 Once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 6 advmod _ _ 2 upon upon ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 5 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 6 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 miller miller NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 acl:relcl _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 20 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 29 only only ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 31 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 ccomp _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 also also ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 conj _ _ 38 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 39 dwelt dwell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 woods wood NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 conj _ _ 45 round round ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 46 about about ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | past | | a miller | | there | time | once *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme miller=Location | | 2 | **is** | past | a miller | | | | | rich *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | past · progressive | way | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **marry** | to-infinitive · passive | way *not said here* | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V» | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | way | | | | | to the feast | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **dwell** | past | the wild animals | | | the hills and woods | | about, round *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hill=Location | 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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/20/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/20/78/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/20/)