--- title: When things had reached this pass, the brownie told the young man th… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When things had reached this pass, the brownie told the young man that he had better ask Barbaik to marry him, and this time the girl did not turn rudely away, but listened patiently to the end. Who acts: brownie, 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 (brownie, 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:pg3454:37:63 # text = When things had reached this pass, the brownie told the young man that he had better ask Barbaik to marry him, and this time the girl did not turn rudely away, but listened patiently to the end. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 reached reach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 advcl _ _ 5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 pass pass NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 brownie brownie NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 iobj _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 17 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 16 xcomp _ _ 18 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 Barbaik Barbaik PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 25 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 det _ _ 26 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl:unmarked _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 29 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 32 rudely rudely ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 away away ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 listened listen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 37 patiently patiently ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past · perfect · passive | | things | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary pass=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the brownie | | the young man | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent man=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **have** | past | Brownie | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | Brownie *not said here* | | Barbaik | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent barbaik=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **marry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Brownie *not said here* | Brownie | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 6 | **not** **turn away** | past · do-support | the girl | | | | time | away, rudely *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **listen** | past | | | | | to the end | patiently *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to end=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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/37/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/37/64/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/37/)