--- title: And when the old man with the long white beard stood before him, pra… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And when the old man with the long white beard stood before him, praying that he might earn his bread, he replied, ‘Oh, father, I could not suffer you to work, but you shall be overseer, and look after the rest.’ Who acts: old man, man, I, you. 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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 (old man, man, I, you), 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:pg5615:19:46 # text = And when the old man with the long white beard stood before him, praying that he might earn his bread, he replied, ‘Oh, father, I could not suffer you to work, but you shall be overseer, and look after the rest.’ 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 9 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 beard beard NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 11 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 12 before before ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 praying pray VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 advcl _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 earn earn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 26 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 34 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 29 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 suffer suffer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 but but CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 cop _ _ 43 overseer overseer NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 47 after after ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 46 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | the old man with the long white beard | | | | before plenty | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before he=Location | | 2 | **pray** | gerund | the old man with the long white beard *not said here* | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 3 | **earn** | might | man | man's bread | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Theme | | 4 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | man | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **suffer** | could | I | you | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | | 6 | **work** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** | shall | you | overseer | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **look** | infinitive | man *not said here* | | | | after the rest | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/19/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/19/47/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/19/)