--- title: About six weeks after--just as he was going out to his work one morn… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: About six weeks after--just as he was going out to his work one morning--a neighbour, that used to mind women when they were ill, came up to him, and kept step by step with him to the field, and this is what she told him. Who acts: infant, neighbour, women, this. 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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 (infant, neighbour, women, this), 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:pg3454:6:93 # text = About six weeks after--just as he was going out to his work one morning--a neighbour, that used to mind women when they were ill, came up to him, and kept step by step with him to the field, and this is what she told him. 1 About about ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 after after SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 5 -- -- PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 just just ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 acl:relcl _ _ 11 out out ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 17 -- -- PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 neighbour neighbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 22 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 mind mind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 26 when when SCONJ WRB _ 29 mark _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 29 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 32 up up ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ _ 38 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 xcomp _ _ 39 by by ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nmod _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 48 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 50 nsubj _ _ 49 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 50 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 22 obl _ _ 51 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 acl:relcl _ _ 53 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go out** | past · progressive | infant | six weeks *not said here* | | | morning | to infant's work; out *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **use** | past | a neighbour | | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **mind** | to-infinitive | a neighbour *not said here* | women | | | | | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | women *= woman* | | | | | ill *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **come up** | past | a neighbour *not said here* | | infant | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **keep** | participle | a neighbour *not said here* | step | | | | by step with infant; to the field | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by step=Location | | 7 | **is a** | present | this | a neighbour | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | neighbour | | infant | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 9 | **work** | | infant | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: 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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/6/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/6/94/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/6/)