--- title: Thus she learned in what rank the young gentleman had been born, and… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Thus she learned in what rank the young gentleman had been born, and next day she poured forth her woes to her father, and begged him to help her to get rid of a husband who was nothing more nor less than a tailor. Who acts: lad, husband. 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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 (lad, husband), 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:pg503:42:128 # text = Thus she learned in what rank the young gentleman had been born, and next day she poured forth her woes to her father, and begged him to help her to get rid of a husband who was nothing more nor less than a tailor. 1 Thus thus ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 learned learn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ _ 6 rank rank VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 gentleman gentleman NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl:unmarked _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 poured pour VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 19 forth forth ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 woes woe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 31 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 34 rid rid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 xcomp _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 40 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 37 appos _ _ 41 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 40 amod _ _ 42 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 43 cc _ _ 43 less less ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 41 conj _ _ 44 than than ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 tailor tailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **learn** | past | lad | | | | | thus *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **rank** | present | | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute | | 3 | **bear** | past · perfect · passive | | the young gentleman | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **pour** | past | lad | lad's woes | | | day | to lad's father; forth *property* | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woe=Patient | | 5 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | lad *not said here* | | gentleman | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 6 | **help** | to-infinitive | lad *not said here* | lad | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 7 | **get** | to-infinitive | lad *not said here* | | | | | rid *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **is a** | past | a husband | nothing | | | | | tree rules | 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 127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/42/127/) - next →: [sentence 129](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/42/129/) - ↑ back to [The Brave Little Tailor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/42/)