--- title: When he arrived the farmer did not waste words, but informed him tha… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When he arrived the farmer did not waste words, but informed him that he was now his only heir, and would inherit all his lands and money, and that he was to come and live at home, and to help manage the property. Who acts: son, farmer. 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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 (son, farmer), 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:pg3454:19:35 # text = When he arrived the farmer did not waste words, but informed him that he was now his only heir, and would inherit all his lands and money, and that he was to come and live at home, and to help manage the property. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 farmer farmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 waste waste VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 9 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 informed inform VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 iobj _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 17 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 19 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 heir heir NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 inherit inherit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 25 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 27 det:predet _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 39 at at ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 45 manage manage VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 property property NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrive** | past | son | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **waste** | past · do-support | the farmer | words | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient | | 3 | **inform** *speech: other* | past | son *not said here* | | son | | | | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 4 | **is a** | past | son | son's only heir | | | now | | tree rules | | 5 | **inherit** | would | son *not said here* | son's lands and money | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme | | 6 | **come** | past | son | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **live** | infinitive | son *not said here* | | | home | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location | | 8 | **help** | to-infinitive | son *not said here* | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 9 | **manage** | infinitive | son *not said here* | the property | | | | | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent property=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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/19/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/19/36/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/19/)