--- title: The father said, ‘No; he must not do that, for if he does we shall h… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The father said, ‘No; he must not do that, for if he does we shall have no more delight in him this time;’ but he spoke in vain, for the mother begged and prayed until at last he went. Who acts: father, we, mother. 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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 (father, we, mother), 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:pg540:26:40 # text = The father said, ‘No; he must not do that, for if he does we shall have no more delight in him this time;’ but he spoke in vain, for the mother begged and prayed until at last he went. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 5 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 11 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 12 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 14 for for SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 15 if if SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 18 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 21 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 23 det _ _ 22 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 23 amod _ _ 23 delight delight NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nmod _ _ 26 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 det _ _ 27 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 for for SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 prayed pray VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 42 until until SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 43 at at ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 obl _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the father | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **do** | must | father | that | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 3 | **have** | shall · present · do-support | we | no more delight | | | time | in father | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent delight=Patient | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | father | | | vain | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | the mother | | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **pray** | past | the mother *not said here* | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 7 | **go** | past | father | | | last | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at last=Location | 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/26/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/26/41/) - ↑ back to [The Three Princesses of Whiteland](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/26/)