--- title: At last an idea struck him, and he said to his sons: ‘You must all g… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At last an idea struck him, and he said to his sons: ‘You must all go out into the world, and look about you, and each learn a trade, and then, when you return, whoever can produce the best masterpiece shall have the house.’ Who acts: father, You, whoever, best masterpiece. 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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, You, whoever, best masterpiece), 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:pg5615:8:13 # text = At last an idea struck him, and he said to his sons: ‘You must all go out into the world, and look about you, and each learn a trade, and then, when you return, whoever can produce the best masterpiece shall have the house.’ 1 At at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 5 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 15 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 all all ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 20 out out ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 into into ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 27 about about ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 32 advmod _ _ 32 learn learn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 trade trade NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 37 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 41 advmod _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 return return VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 whoever whoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 44 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 produce produce VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 48 amod _ _ 48 masterpiece masterpiece NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 49 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 ccomp _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strike** | past | | father | | a last idea | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | father | | | | | to father's sons | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to son=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 3 | **go out** | must | You | | | the world | | all, out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **look** | infinitive | | | | | | about you | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent about you=Theme | | 5 | **learn** | present | | a trade | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trade=Topic | | 6 | **return** | present | you | | | | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **produce** | can | whoever | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **have** | shall | the best masterpiece | the house | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/8/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/8/14/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/8/)