--- title: ‘Now,’ he said, ‘the youngest of them has come home, and has threate… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Now,’ he said, ‘the youngest of them has come home, and has threatened me till I have come to you to ask for your daughter for him, and I am to say that he is a Master Thief,’ and again the man fell a-weeping and lamenting. Who acts: man, youngest, I. 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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, youngest, I), 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:pg540:9:106 # text = ‘Now,’ he said, ‘the youngest of them has come home, and has threatened me till I have come to you to ask for your daughter for him, and I am to say that he is a Master Thief,’ and again the man fell a-weeping and lamenting. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 8 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 14 nsubj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nmod _ _ 13 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 ccomp _ _ 15 home home ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 threatened threaten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 20 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 till till SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 42 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 Master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 Thief thief NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 49 again again ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 52 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 conj _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ SpaceAfter=No 54 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 weeping weeping NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 lamenting lament VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 55 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | man | | | | now | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **come** | present · perfect | the youngest of sons | | | | | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **threaten** | present · perfect | man *not said here* | me | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer | | 4 | **come** | present · perfect | I | | you | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to you=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | for your daughter; for man | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** | present | man | a Master Thief | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **fall** | past | the man | a weeping | | | again | | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient weeping=Result | | 9 | **lament** | gerund | the man *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: 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 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/107/) - ↑ back to [The Master Thief](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/)