--- title: One day it happened that the eldest son wished to go into the forest… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: One day it happened that the eldest son wished to go into the forest to cut wood, and before he started his mother gave him a fine rich cake and a bottle of wine, so that he might be sure not to suffer from hunger or thirst. Who acts: it, eldest son, youngest, 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 (it, eldest son, youngest, 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:pg540:48:3 # text = One day it happened that the eldest son wished to go into the forest to cut wood, and before he started his mother gave him a fine rich cake and a bottle of wine, so that he might be sure not to suffer from hunger or thirst. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 8 amod _ _ 8 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 wished wish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 into into ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 advcl _ _ 17 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 before before SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 iobj _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 28 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 29 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 bottle bottle NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 42 mark _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 fixed _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 cop _ _ 42 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 conj _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 suffer suffer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 ccomp _ _ 46 from from ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 hunger hunger NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 48 or or CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 thirst thirst NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | it | | | | day | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **wish** | participle | the eldest son | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the eldest son *not said here* | | | the forest | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into forest=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **cut** | to-infinitive | the eldest son *not said here* | wood | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset wood=Product | | 5 | **start** | past | youngest *= young* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 6 | **give** | past | youngest's mother | a fine rich cake and a bottle of wine | youngest *= young* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient cake=Theme | | 7 | **is** | might | youngest *= young* | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **suffer** | to-infinitive | youngest *= young* *not said here* | | | hunger or thirst | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/48/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/48/4/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/48/)