--- title: The farmer began to scold him furiously, but he answered quietly, ‘I… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The farmer began to scold him furiously, but he answered quietly, ‘I am going away,’ made his clothes into a bundle, said good-bye to all his friends, and boldly set out to seek his fortunes. Who acts: farmer, I. 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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 (farmer, I), 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:pg540:2:19 # text = The farmer began to scold him furiously, but he answered quietly, ‘I am going away,’ made his clothes into a bundle, said good-bye to all his friends, and boldly set out to seek his fortunes. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 farmer farmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 scold scold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 furiously furiously ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 12 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 18 away away ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ 21 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 21 obj _ _ 24 into into ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 bundle bundle NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 29 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 bye bye ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 conj _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 35 det:predet _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 boldly boldly ADV RB Degree=Pos 39 advmod _ _ 39 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 ccomp _ _ 40 out out ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 fortunes fortune NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | the farmer | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **scold** | to-infinitive | the farmer *not said here* | farmer | | | | furiously *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | farmer | | | | | quietly *property* | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **go away** | present · progressive | I | | | | | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **make** | past | farmer *not said here* | farmer's clothes | | a bundle | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent clothes=Material into bundle=Product | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | good *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **set out** | participle | | | | | | boldly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **seek** | to-infinitive | | farmer's fortunes | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fortune=Theme | 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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/2/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/2/20/) - ↑ back to [The Twelve Dancing Princesses](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/2/)