--- title: Now his mother was very sorrowful when she heard of this, but she kn… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now his mother was very sorrowful when she heard of this, but she knew quite well that if she tried to stop his having his own way he would only grow more determined to get it. Who acts: mother, Erin, widow. 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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 (mother, Erin, widow), 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:pg3454:1:69 # text = Now his mother was very sorrowful when she heard of this, but she knew quite well that if she tried to stop his having his own way he would only grow more determined to get it. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 sorrowful sorrowful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 16 quite quite ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 15 advmod _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 if if SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Gender=Masc|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 xcomp _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 27 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 only only ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 acl:relcl _ _ 33 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 34 advmod _ _ 34 determined determined ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 xcomp _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | widow's mother | | | | now | sorrowful *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hear** | past | Erin | | | | | of this | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of this=Stimulus | | 3 | **know** | past | Erin | | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **try** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Erin | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **stop** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Erin *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **have** | gerund | widow | widow's own way | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient | | 7 | **grow** | would | widow | widow's own way *not said here* | | | | determined *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme | | 8 | **get** | to-infinitive | widow *not said here* | way | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | 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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/1/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/1/70/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/1/)