--- title: So he told him that he had three sons who had gone away one day, and… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So he told him that he had three sons who had gone away one day, and how he had given them permission to go where they chose, and take to whatsoever work they fancied. Who acts: man, three sons, sons. 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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 (man, three sons, sons), 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:pg540:9:105 # text = So he told him that he had three sons who had gone away one day, and how he had given them permission to go where they chose, and take to whatsoever work they fancied. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 8 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 acl:relcl _ _ 13 away away ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 permission permission NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 acl _ _ 26 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 28 advmod _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 chose choose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 33 whatsoever whatsoever DET WDT PronType=Int 34 det _ _ 34 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 fancied fancy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | man | | Governor | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **have** | past | man | three sons | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient | | 3 | **go away** | past · perfect | three sons | | | | day | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **give** | past · perfect · passive | | man | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **go** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **choose** | past | sons *= son* | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **take** | infinitive | man *not said here* | whatsoever work | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Theme | | 8 | **fancy** | past | sons *= son* | whatsoever work *not said here* | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer work=Stimulus | 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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/104/) - next →: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/106/) - ↑ back to [The Master Thief](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/)