--- title: When he came near his home he remembered that he had a cow about to… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When he came near his home he remembered that he had a cow about to calve, so he laid down the money on the ground, ran home as fast as he could, and asked his wife whether the cow had calved yet. Who acts: man. 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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), 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:pg5615:16:103 # text = When he came near his home he remembered that he had a cow about to calve, so he laid down the money on the ground, ran home as fast as he could, and asked his wife whether the cow had calved yet. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 4 near near ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 remembered remember VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 about about SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 calve calve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 21 down down ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 29 home home ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 as as ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 28 advmod _ _ 32 as as SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 calved calve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 ccomp _ _ 45 yet yet ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | man | | | man's home | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near home=Location | | 2 | **remember** | past | man | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **have** | past | man | a cow | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Patient | | 4 | **calve** | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | a cow *not said here* | | | | | vn calve-28.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **lay down** | past | man | the money | | the ground | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent money=Theme on ground=Destination | | 6 | **run** | past | man *not said here* | | | | | fast, home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | | | man's wife | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent wife=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **calve** | past · perfect · passive | | the cow | | | yet | | tree rules | 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 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/16/102/) - next →: [sentence 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/16/104/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/16/)