--- title: After that he went back to the weaver’s house, and told him that the… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: After that he went back to the weaver’s house, and told him that the gold had been given him by the man who had won the race, and that the weaver might have it for his kindness to him. Who acts: horse, man, weaver. 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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 (horse, man, weaver), 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:pg3454:17:46 # text = After that he went back to the weaver’s house, and told him that the gold had been given him by the man who had won the race, and that the weaver might have it for his kindness to him. 1 After after ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obl _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 weaver weaver NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’s 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 iobj _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 ccomp _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 iobj _ _ 22 by by ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 won win VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 acl:relcl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 weaver weaver NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 35 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 kindness kindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go back** | past | horse | | | | after that | to the weaver's house *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to house=Result | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | | | horse | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **give** | past · perfect · passive | the man | the gold | horse | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient he=Theme | | 4 | **win** | past · perfect | the man | the race | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent race=Eventuality | | 5 | **have** | might | the weaver | gold | | | | for horse's kindness to horse | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/17/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/17/47/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/17/)