--- title: The gardener, as you have heard already, had a son, who was a very h… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The gardener, as you have heard already, had a son, who was a very handsome young man, with most agreeable manners, and every day he carried the best fruit of the garden to the King, and all the prettiest flowers to his daughter. Who acts: you, gardener, son, man. 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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 (you, gardener, son, man), 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:pg503:2:17 # text = The gardener, as you have heard already, had a son, who was a very handsome young man, with most agreeable manners, and every day he carried the best fruit of the garden to the King, and all the prettiest flowers to his daughter. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 gardener gardener NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 acl:relcl _ _ 8 already already ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 10 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 14 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 17 very very ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 19 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 25 amod _ _ 24 agreeable agreeable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 manners manners NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 20 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 29 det _ _ 29 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl:unmarked _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 34 amod _ _ 34 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 43 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 46 det:predet _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 prettiest pretty ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 46 amod _ _ 46 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | present · perfect | you | the gardener *not said here* | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer gardener=Stimulus | | 2 | **have** | past | the gardener | a son | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient | | 3 | **is a** | past | a son | a handsome young man | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **carry** | past | man | the best fruit of the garden | the King | | day | all prettiest flowers to man's daughter *obl* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent fruit=Theme to king=Destination | 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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/2/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/2/18/) - ↑ back to [The Bronze Ring](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/2/)