--- title: ‘When they are grown up they will marry,’ said the mothers; but just… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘When they are grown up they will marry,’ said the mothers; but just as every one was beginning to think of wedding bells, the two mothers died, and the cousins, who had no money, went as servants in the same house. Who acts: kinds, one, two mothers, cousins. 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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 (kinds, one, two mothers, cousins), 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:pg3454:33:79 # text = ‘When they are grown up they will marry,’ said the mothers; but just as every one was beginning to think of wedding bells, the two mothers died, and the cousins, who had no money, went as servants in the same house. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 ccomp _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 mothers mother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 17 just just ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 20 det _ _ 20 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 beginning begin VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 bells bell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 31 mothers mother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 32 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 cousins cousin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 39 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 40 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 41 det _ _ 41 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 44 as as ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow up** | present · passive | | kinds *= kind* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **marry** | future | kinds *= kind* | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | the mothers | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **begin** | past · progressive | every one | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | every one *not said here* | | | | | of wedding bells | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **die** | past | the two mothers | wedding bells *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **have** | past | the cousins | no money | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient | | 8 | **go** | past | the cousins *not said here* | | | the same house | | as servants | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in house=Location | 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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/33/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/33/80/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/33/)