--- title: “He had promised his sweetheart,” he said, “that he would bring back… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “He had promised his sweetheart,” he said, “that he would bring back enough meat for her father’s house to feast on for three days, and though they could not eat the little Bunyip, her brothers and sisters should have it to play with.” Who acts: captor, roots, Bunyip. 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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 (captor, roots, Bunyip), 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:pg3282:8:90 # text = “He had promised his sweetheart,” he said, “that he would bring back enough meat for her father’s house to feast on for three days, and though they could not eat the little Bunyip, her brothers and sisters should have it to play with.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 promised promise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 ccomp _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 sweetheart sweetheart NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 17 back back ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ’s 's PART POS _ 22 case _ _ 24 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 feast feast VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 27 on on ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 30 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 33 though though SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 advcl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 Bunyip bunyip NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 appos _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 conj _ _ 46 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 xcomp _ _ 51 with with ADP IN _ 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ” " PUNCT '' _ 47 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* *in a quote* | past · perfect | captor | captor's sweetheart | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent sweetheart=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | captor | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **bring back** *in a quote* | would | captor | enough meat | | | | for mother's father's house | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent meat=Theme | | 4 | **feast on** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | captor *not said here* | | | | day | | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **eat** *in a quote* | could | roots *= root* | the little Bunyip | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bunyip=Patient | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | should | | Bunyip | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **play** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Bunyip *not said here* | | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/8/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/8/91/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/8/)