--- title: It was evening when the rich man got the mill home, and in the morni… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: It was evening when the rich man got the mill home, and in the morning he bade the old woman go out and spread the hay after the mowers, and he would attend to the house himself that day, he said. Who acts: harvest, rich man, mill, old woman. 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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 (harvest, rich man, mill, old woman), 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:pg503:20:38 # text = It was evening when the rich man got the mill home, and in the morning he bade the old woman go out and spread the hay after the mowers, and he would attend to the house himself that day, he said. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 mill mill NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 home home ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 bade bade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 23 out out ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 spread spread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 hay hay NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 after after ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 mowers mower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 attend attend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 35 obl:unmarked _ _ 40 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 41 det _ _ 41 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 44 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | harvest | evening | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **get** | past | the rich man | the mill | | | | home *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mill=Stimulus | | 3 | **bade** | past | mill | | | | morning | | tree rules | | 4 | **go out** | infinitive | the old woman | | | | | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **spread** | past | mill *not said here* | the hay | | | after the mowers | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hay=Theme | | 6 | **attend** | would | mill | mill | | | day | to the house | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent to house=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | mill | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/20/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/20/39/) - ↑ back to [Why the Sea Is Salt](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/20/)