--- title: He was brought up and educated in his father’s house until he was fu… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He was brought up and educated in his father’s house until he was full grown, and still his brothers had never seen or heard anything about the witch to whom they had promised him before he was born. 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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: 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:pg5615:25:104 # text = He was brought up and educated in his father’s house until he was full grown, and still his brothers had never seen or heard anything about the witch to whom they had promised him before he was born. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 educated educate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’s 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 12 until until SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 15 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 19 still still ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 25 or or CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 conj _ _ 27 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 26 obj _ _ 28 about about ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 nmod _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 promised promise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl:relcl _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 iobj _ _ 37 before before SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring up** | past · passive | | brother | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **educate** *speech: other* | participle | | | | brother's father's house | | | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **grow** | past · passive | | brother | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **not** **see** | past · perfect · passive | | brother's brothers | | | still | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 5 | **hear** | participle | | anything | | | | about the witch | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus | | 6 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past · perfect · passive | | princes *= prince* | brother | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal he=Theme | | 7 | **bear** | past · passive | | brother | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | 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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/25/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/25/105/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/25/)