--- title: And the first thing the young man did when his beard was grown was t… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And the first thing the young man did when his beard was grown was to take the road to the dragon’s house and on the way he met a beggar, whom he persuaded to change clothes with him, and in the beggar’s garments he went fearlessly forth to the dragon. Who acts: first thing, beard, beggar. 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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 (first thing, beard, beggar), 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:pg5615:2:8 # text = And the first thing the young man did when his beard was grown was to take the road to the dragon’s house and on the way he met a beggar, whom he persuaded to change clothes with him, and in the beggar’s garments he went fearlessly forth to the dragon. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 amod _ _ 4 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 8 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 beard beard NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ’s 's PART POS _ 21 case _ _ 23 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 beggar beggar NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 obj _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 persuaded persuade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 37 obj _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 beggar beggar NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’s 's PART POS _ 45 case _ _ 47 garments garment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obl _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 50 fearlessly fearlessly ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 forth forth ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 52 to to ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | past · passive · do-support | | the young man | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | the first thing | | | | | to the dragon's house; take *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **meet** | past | beard | a beggar | | the way | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beggar=Co-Agent | | 4 | **persuade** | past | beard | a beggar | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent whom=Patient clause=Result | | 5 | **change** | to-infinitive | a beggar *not said here* | clothes | | | | with beard | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme with he=Co-Agent | | 6 | **go** | past | beard | | | the beggar's garments | | to the dragon; forth *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to dragon=Initial\_Location | 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/2/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/2/9/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/2/)