--- title: For some years things went on as they were, and then the rich brothe… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: For some years things went on as they were, and then the rich brother began to feel lonely, and thought to himself that he was getting older, and it was time for him to be married. Who acts: things, rich brother, brother, elder. 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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 (things, rich brother, brother, elder), 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:pg3454:19:49 # text = For some years things went on as they were, and then the rich brother began to feel lonely, and thought to himself that he was getting older, and it was time for him to be married. 1 For for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 3 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 4 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 on on ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 12 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 lonely lonely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 thought think VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 22 obl _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 29 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 28 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 34 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nmod _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go on** | past | things | | | | year | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **be** | past | things *= thing* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **begin** | past | the rich brother | | | | then | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **feel** | to-infinitive | the rich brother *not said here* | | | | | lonely *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | participle | the rich brother *not said here* | | brother | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **get** | past · progressive | brother | | | | | old *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is a** | past | elder | time | | | | for brother | tree rules | | 8 | **marry** | to-infinitive · passive | | time | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/19/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/19/50/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/19/)