--- title: So the shoemaker hurried to the youth who had first spoken, and he c… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So the shoemaker hurried to the youth who had first spoken, and he came back, and after giving the shoemaker a hundred pounds for his news, he sought the girl, who was waiting for him. Who acts: shoemaker, girl. 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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 (shoemaker, girl), 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:pg3454:29:91 # text = So the shoemaker hurried to the youth who had first spoken, and he came back, and after giving the shoemaker a hundred pounds for his news, he sought the girl, who was waiting for him. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 shoemaker shoemaker NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 hurried hurry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 11 advmod _ _ 11 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 16 back back ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 19 after after SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 20 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 shoemaker shoemaker NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nummod _ _ 25 pounds pound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 acl _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hurry** | past | the shoemaker | | | the youth | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to youth=Destination | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past · perfect · passive | | the youth | | | | first *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **come back** | past | shoemaker | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **give** | gerund | shoemaker *not said here* | the shoemaker | | | | for shoemaker's news | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent shoemaker=Recipient pound=Theme for news=Asset | | 5 | **seek** | past | shoemaker | the girl | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Theme | | 6 | **wait** | past · progressive | the girl | | | | | for shoemaker | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/29/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/29/92/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/29/)