--- title: The next day the same thing befell the fisher’s son, and this time t… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The next day the same thing befell the fisher’s son, and this time the lady wept more bitterly than before, for she said it was the last chance, and she would never be allowed to come any more, for home she must go. Who acts: same thing, lady, thing. 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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 (same thing, lady, thing), 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:pg3454:16:111 # text = The next day the same thing befell the fisher’s son, and this time the lady wept more bitterly than before, for she said it was the last chance, and she would never be allowed to come any more, for home she must go. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 befell befall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 fisher fisher NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’s 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 14 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 15 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl:unmarked _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 19 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 20 advmod _ _ 20 bitterly bitterly ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 21 than than ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 before before ADV RB _ 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 for for SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 36 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 any any ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 46 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **befall** | past | the same thing | the fisher's son | | | day | | tree rules | | 2 | **weep** | past | the lady | | | | time | bitterly *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | lady | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** | past | thing | the last chance | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **allow** | would · passive | | lady | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **come** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | lady *not said here* | | | | | for home | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **go** | must | lady | home *not said here* | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location home=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 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 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/16/110/) - next →: [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 17, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/17/1/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/16/)