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title: No sooner had he started than the girl’s brother, who had wasted all… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: No sooner had he started than the girl’s brother, who had wasted all the riches his wife had brought him in recklessness and folly, and was now very poor, chanced to come into the town, and as he passed he heard a man say, ‘Do you know that the king’s son has married a woman who has lost one of her 
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# The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 21, sentence 36

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No sooner had he started than the girl’s brother, who had wasted all the riches his wife had brought him in recklessness and folly, and was now very poor, chanced to come into the town, and as he passed he heard a man say, ‘Do you know that the king’s son has married a woman who has lost one of her hands?’

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**Who acts:** baby, brother, man, you, woman · **What happens:** have, start, waste, bring, be, chance · **To what, where:** riches, recklessness, town, son, one · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 21. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (baby, brother, man, you), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg3454:21:36
# text = No sooner had he started than the girl’s brother, who had wasted all the riches his wife had brought him in recklessness and folly, and was now very poor, chanced to come into the town, and as he passed he heard a man say, ‘Do you know that the king’s son has married a woman who has lost one of her hands?’
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	sooner	soon	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	’s	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
13	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	wasted	waste	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	acl:relcl	_	_
15	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	17	det:predet	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	riches	rich	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	nsubj:pass	_	_
18	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj:pass	_	_
20	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
21	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	conj	_	_
22	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	obj	_	_
23	in	in	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	recklessness	recklessness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
26	folly	folly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
29	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	cop	_	_
30	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	32	advmod	_	_
31	very	very	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
32	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
34	chanced	chance	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	32	conj	_	_
35	to	to	PART	TO	_	36	mark	_	_
36	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	xcomp	_	_
37	into	into	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
42	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	44	mark	_	_
43	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	nsubj	_	_
44	passed	pass	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
45	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	nsubj	_	_
46	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	44	conj	_	_
47	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	nsubj	_	_
49	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	46	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
51	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	54	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	Do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	54	aux	_	_
53	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	54	nsubj	_	_
54	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	49	ccomp	_	_
55	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	61	mark	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
57	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	’s	's	PART	POS	_	57	case	_	_
59	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	nsubj:pass	_	_
60	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	61	aux	_	_
61	married	marry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	54	ccomp	_	_
62	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	63	det	_	_
63	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	obj	_	_
64	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	66	nsubj	_	_
65	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	66	aux	_	_
66	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	63	acl:relcl	_	_
67	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	66	obj	_	_
68	of	of	ADP	IN	_	70	case	_	_
69	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	70	nmod:poss	_	_
70	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	67	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past |  |  |  |  |  | soon *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **start** | past | baby |  |  |  |  | than the girl's brother | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **waste** | past · perfect | the girl's brother |  |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **bring** | past · perfect · passive |  | all riches |  | recklessness and folly |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme he=Destination |
| 5 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  | now | poor *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **chance** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn risk-94-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 7 | **come** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the town |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into town=Initial\_Location |
| 8 | **pass** | past | baby |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 9 | **hear** | past | baby |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 10 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | a man |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 11 | **know** | present · do-support | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 12 | **marry** | present · perfect · passive |  | the king's son |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 13 | **lose** | present · perfect | a woman | one of girl's hands |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Eventuality |

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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.

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**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.

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