--- title: His father and mother said ‘No,’ and bade him look at his brother’s… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: His father and mother said ‘No,’ and bade him look at his brother’s back, but the youth would not give up his design, and stuck to it, and after a long, long time he got leave to go, and set forth on his way. Who acts: father, youth, state, long long time. 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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, youth, state, long long time), 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:pg540:49:28 # text = His father and mother said ‘No,’ and bade him look at his brother’s back, but the youth would not give up his design, and stuck to it, and after a long, long time he got leave to go, and set forth on his way. 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 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 bade bade NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 look look VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 14 at at SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 18 back back ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 23 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 26 up up ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 design design NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 stuck stuck ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 36 after after ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 38 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 40 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ _ 44 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 50 forth forth ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 51 on on ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | state's father and mother | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **look** | present | state's father and mother *not said here* | bade | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **not** **give up** | would | the youth | state's design | | | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent design=Source | | 4 | **get** | past | state | a long long time *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **leave** | infinitive | a long long time *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **go** | to-infinitive | a long long time *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **set** | infinitive | state's father and mother *not said here* | | | state's way | | forth *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on way=Destination | | 8 | **design** | | state | | | | | | nom design «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/49/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/49/29/) - ↑ back to [The Seven Foals](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/49/)