--- title: And if they made any inquiries the only answer they got was that the… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And if they made any inquiries the only answer they got was that the water of which he had drunk deeply had turned his hair into leaves, so that they all knew what would happen in case they became too greedy. Who acts: beast, Thanks. 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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 (beast, Thanks), 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:pg3282:36:49 # text = And if they made any inquiries the only answer they got was that the water of which he had drunk deeply had turned his hair into leaves, so that they all knew what would happen in case they became too greedy. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 6 inquiries inquiry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 obl _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 drunk drink VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 acl:relcl _ _ 21 deeply deeply ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 into into ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 33 mark _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 fixed _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 31 det _ _ 33 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 34 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 36 nsubj _ _ 35 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 ccomp _ _ 37 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 40 mark _ _ 38 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 fixed _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 41 too too ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 greedy greedy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | beast | any inquiries | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset inquiry=Product | | 2 | **get** | past | beast | the only answer *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer answer=Stimulus | | 3 | **drink** | past · perfect | Thanks | | | | | of the water; deeply *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent of which=Source | | 4 | **turn** | past · perfect · passive | | the only answer | | leaves | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP ADJ.result»: subject=Theme hair=Result | | 5 | **know** | past | beast | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **become** | past | beast | | | | | greedy *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/36/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/36/50/) - ↑ back to [Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/36/)