--- title: His father and mother said that they thought he was very well off at… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: His father and mother said that they thought he was very well off at home, and that he was welcome to stay with them; but he could not rest, and said that he must and would go, so at last they had to give him leave. Who acts: father, folks. 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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, folks), 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:pg540:37:109 # text = His father and mother said that they thought he was very well off at home, and that he was welcome to stay with them; but he could not rest, and said that he must and would go, so at last they had to give him leave. 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 11 very very ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 15 advmod _ _ 13 off off ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 21 welcome welcome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 ccomp _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 37 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 so so ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 43 at at ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 advcl _ _ 45 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 acl:relcl _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ _ 49 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 iobj _ _ 50 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | DAPPLEGRIM's father and mother | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | folks *= folk* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | father | | | home | | well *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | past | father | | | | | welcome *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **stay** | to-infinitive | father *not said here* | | | | | with folks *= folk* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with they=Location | | 6 | **not** **rest** | could | father | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | DAPPLEGRIM's father and mother *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **go** | would | father | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **have** | past | folks *= folk* | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **give** | to-infinitive | folks *= folk* *not said here* | | DAPPLEGRIM | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **leave** | infinitive | folks *= folk* *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/37/108/) - next →: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/37/110/) - ↑ back to [The Three Dwarfs, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/37/)