--- title: When seven years had passed since the smith went out to sea, it happ… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When seven years had passed since the smith went out to sea, it happened one morning, as he stood in the smithy, mending a plough, that a handsome young lad came in to him and said, ‘Good-day, father; my mother the mermaid sends her greetings, and says that she has had me for six years now, and you --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/12/29/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Pink Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/) / [The Pink Fairy Book, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/12/) / 29 # The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 12, sentence 29 When seven years had passed since the smith went out to sea, it happened one morning, as he stood in the smithy, mending a plough, that a handsome young lad came in to him and said, ‘Good-day, father; my mother the mermaid sends her greetings, and says that she has had me for six years now, and you can keep me for as long.’ **Who acts:** smith, it, handsome young lad, mermaid, lad, you · **What happens:** pass, go out, happen, stand, mend, come in · **To what, where:** seven years, smithy, plough, smith, greetings, me · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (smith, it, handsome young lad, mermaid), 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:pg5615:12:29 # text = When seven years had passed since the smith went out to sea, it happened one morning, as he stood in the smithy, mending a plough, that a handsome young lad came in to him and said, ‘Good-day, father; my mother the mermaid sends her greetings, and says that she has had me for six years now, and you can keep me for as long.’ 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 since since SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 smith smith NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 10 out out ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 16 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 17 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 as as SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 smithy smithy NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 mending mend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 plough plough NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 32 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 33 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 36 in in ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 49 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 mermaid mermaid NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 53 sends send VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 acl:relcl _ _ 54 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 greetings greeting NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 58 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 parataxis _ _ 59 that that SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 60 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 61 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 62 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 58 ccomp _ _ 63 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 62 obj _ _ 64 for for ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 66 nummod _ _ 66 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 obl _ _ 67 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 62 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 69 and and CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 70 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 72 nsubj _ _ 71 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 72 aux _ _ 72 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 conj _ _ 73 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 72 obj _ _ 74 for for ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 75 as as ADV RB _ 76 advmod _ _ 76 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 72 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 78 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** | past · perfect · passive | | seven years | | | | my mother *obl* | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory | | 2 | **go out** | past | the smith | | | | | to sea; out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **happen** | past | it | | | | morning | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **stand** | past | smith | | | the smithy | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in smithy=Location | | 5 | **mend** | gerund | smith *not said here* | a plough | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **come in** | past | a handsome young lad | | smith | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a handsome young lad *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **send** | present | the mermaid | Mermaid's greetings | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent greeting=Theme | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 10 | **have** | present · perfect | lad | me | | | now; year | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 11 | **keep** | can | you | me | | | | long *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 12 | **greet** | | Mermaid | | | | | | nom greeting «communication 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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/12/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/12/30/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/12/)