--- title: “I will go and see the Holy Man in the cave near the well,” he said… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “I will go and see the Holy Man in the cave near the well,” he said to himself, “and perhaps he can tell me why all the luck is for other people, and only misfortunes happen to me.” Who acts: Father, luck, misfortunes. 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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 (Father, luck, misfortunes), 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:pg3282:9:14 # text = “I will go and see the Holy Man in the cave near the well,” he said to himself, “and perhaps he can tell me why all the luck is for other people, and only misfortunes happen to me.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 ccomp _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 Holy Holy PROPN NNP _ 9 compound _ _ 9 Man Man PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 13 near near ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 “ " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 29 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 iobj _ _ 30 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 37 advmod _ _ 31 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 33 det:predet _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 34 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 only only ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 misfortunes misfortune NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 42 happen happen VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ” " PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** *in a quote* | future | Father | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** *in a quote* | infinitive | Father *not said here* | the Holy Man | | the cave near the well | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Father | | Father | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | can | Father | | Father | | | perhaps *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | all luck | | | | | for other people | tree rules | | 6 | **happen** *in a quote* | present | misfortunes | | Father | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/15/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/)