--- title: Of course, the farmer was very angry at this second misfortune; but… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Of course, the farmer was very angry at this second misfortune; but this time he told him to drive one of the big bulls from the mountain, and warned him that if he lost THAT he would lose his place also. Who acts: shepherd, time. 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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 (shepherd, time), 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:pg3454:2:45 # text = Of course, the farmer was very angry at this second misfortune; but this time he told him to drive one of the big bulls from the mountain, and warned him that if he lost THAT he would lose his place also. 1 Of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 farmer farmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 very very ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 11 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 12 amod _ _ 12 misfortune misfortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 15 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 det _ _ 16 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl:unmarked _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 iobj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 drive drive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 22 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 bulls bull NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ _ 27 from from ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 warned warn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 if if SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ _ 38 THAT that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 also also ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | | this second misfortune | | of the farmer; angry *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | shepherd | this time *not said here* | farmer | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **drive** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | this time *not said here* | one of the big bulls from the mountain | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme one=Trajectory | | 4 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past | shepherd *not said here* | | shepherd | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **lose** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | shepherd | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **lose** | would | shepherd | shepherd's place | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Eventuality | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/2/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/2/46/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/2/)