--- title: Now the father loved his three sons equally, so that he could not ma… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now the father loved his three sons equally, so that he could not make up his mind which of them should have the house after his death, because he did not wish to favour any one more than the others. Who acts: father. 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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 (father), 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:pg5615:8:11 # text = Now the father loved his three sons equally, so that he could not make up his mind which of them should have the house after his death, because he did not wish to favour any one more than the others. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 8 equally equally ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 15 mark _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 fixed _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 16 up up ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 22 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 acl:relcl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 after after ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 because because SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 wish wish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 parataxis _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 favour favour VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 39 det _ _ 38 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 nummod _ _ 39 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 36 obj _ _ 40 than than ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **love** | past | the father | father's three sons | | | now | equally *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer son=Stimulus | | 2 | **not** **make up** | could | father | father's mind | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | | 3 | **have** | should | | father's mind | | | after father's death | of sons *= son* | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **wish** | past · do-support | father | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **favour** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | father *not said here* | any one more | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **mind** | | father | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **die** | | father | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/8/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/8/12/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/8/)