--- title: So the farmer took no notice, and only thought that here was a fine… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So the farmer took no notice, and only thought that here was a fine chance of revenging himself on his next brother for a trick which he had played, and merely told him that the ram would not eat the grass in that field, and it might be well to drive him to the pasture by the river, where his own fl --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/12/36/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Lilac Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/) / [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/12/) / 36 # The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 12, sentence 36 So the farmer took no notice, and only thought that here was a fine chance of revenging himself on his next brother for a trick which he had played, and merely told him that the ram would not eat the grass in that field, and it might be well to drive him to the pasture by the river, where his own flock was feeding. **Who acts:** farmer, fine chance, ram, grass, own flock · **What happens:** take, think, be, revenge, play, tell · **To what, where:** notice, fine chance, ram, trick, grass, field · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (farmer, fine chance, ram, grass), 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:pg3454:12:36 # text = So the farmer took no notice, and only thought that here was a fine chance of revenging himself on his next brother for a trick which he had played, and merely told him that the ram would not eat the grass in that field, and it might be well to drive him to the pasture by the river, where his own flock was feeding. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 farmer farmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 6 notice notice NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 only only ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 12 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 ccomp _ _ 17 of of SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 18 revenging revenge VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 acl _ _ 19 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 18 obj _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 22 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 trick trick NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 played play VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 merely merely ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 iobj _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 ram ram NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 39 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 41 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 46 det _ _ 46 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 50 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 51 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 52 cop _ _ 52 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 54 advmod _ _ 53 to to PART TO _ 54 mark _ _ 54 drive drive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 55 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ _ 56 to to ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 pasture pasture NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 59 by by ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 63 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 68 advmod _ _ 64 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 66 nmod:poss _ _ 65 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 66 flock flock NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nsubj _ _ 67 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 68 aux _ _ 68 feeding feed VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 61 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | the farmer | no notice | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent notice=Theme | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the farmer *not said here* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | past | | a fine chance | | here | | | tree rules | | 4 | **revenge** | gerund | a fine chance *not said here* | ram | | | | on ram's next brother; for a trick | tree rules | | 5 | **play** | past · perfect · passive | | a trick | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the farmer *not said here* | | ram | | | merely *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **not** **eat** *not said to happen* | would | the ram | the grass | | that field | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Patient | | 8 | **is** | might | grass | | | | | well *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **drive** | to-infinitive | the farmer *not said here* | ram | | the pasture | | by the river | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to pasture=Destination by river=Initial\_Location | | 10 | **feed** | past · progressive | ram's own flock | | | | | | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: 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 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/12/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/12/37/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/12/)