--- title: Surely he must be a man now, he thought, or there would be no talk o… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Surely he must be a man now, he thought, or there would be no talk of a wife for him, and his mind dwelt all day upon his promised bride, and what she would be like when he beheld her. Who acts: man, talk, mind, wife. 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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 (man, talk, mind, wife), 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:pg3454:38:30 # text = Surely he must be a man now, he thought, or there would be no talk of a wife for him, and his mind dwelt all day upon his promised bride, and what she would be like when he beheld her. 1 Surely surely ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 7 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 or or CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 15 expl _ _ 14 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 16 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 17 det _ _ 17 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 dwelt dwell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 28 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 29 det _ _ 29 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl:unmarked _ _ 30 upon upon ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 promised promise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 amod _ _ 33 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 27 parataxis _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 cop _ _ 40 like like SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 43 advmod _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 beheld behold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 44 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | must | man | a man | | | | surely *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | man | | | | now | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **be** | would | no talk of a wife for man | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **dwell** | past | man's mind | | | | day | upon man's promised bride | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon bride=Location | | 5 | **promise** *speech: promise* | participle | | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **behold** | past | man | mind | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 7 | **talk** | | a wife for man | | | | | | nom talk «communication intransitive»: of=agent | | 8 | **mind** | | man | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/38/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/38/31/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/38/)