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title: Then the third son said, ‘Father, let me also show you something;’ a… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: Then the third son said, ‘Father, let me also show you something;’ and, as it was beginning to rain, he drew his sword and swung it in cross cuts above his head, so that not a drop fell on him, and the rain fell heavier and heavier, till at last it was coming down like a waterspout, but he swung his
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# The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 8, sentence 30

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Then the third son said, ‘Father, let me also show you something;’ and, as it was beginning to rain, he drew his sword and swung it in cross cuts above his head, so that not a drop fell on him, and the rain fell heavier and heavier, till at last it was coming down like a waterspout, but he swung his sword faster and faster, and kept as dry as if he were under cover.

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**Who acts:** third son, Father, house, drop, rain · **What happens:** say, let, show, begin, draw, swing · **To what, where:** me, something, you, sword, house, cross cuts · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (third son, Father, house, drop), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg5615:8:30
# text = Then the third son said, ‘Father, let me also show you something;’ and, as it was beginning to rain, he drew his sword and swung it in cross cuts above his head, so that not a drop fell on him, and the rain fell heavier and heavier, till at last it was coming down like a waterspout, but he swung his sword faster and faster, and kept as dry as if he were under cover.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	amod	_	_
4	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	‘	‘	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Father	Father	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
11	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	also	also	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	show	show	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	iobj	_	_
15	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
20	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
21	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
22	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
23	beginning	begin	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
24	to	to	PART	TO	_	25	mark	_	_
25	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
27	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
28	drew	draw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
29	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	30	nmod:poss	_	_
30	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obj	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
32	swung	swing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	conj	_	_
33	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	obj	_	_
34	in	in	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	cross	cross	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	_	_
36	cuts	cut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	obl	_	_
37	above	above	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	39	nmod:poss	_	_
39	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
41	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	46	mark	_	_
42	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	41	fixed	_	_
43	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	45	advmod	_	_
44	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	drop	drop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	nsubj	_	_
46	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	conj	_	_
47	on	on	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
48	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
50	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	nsubj	_	_
53	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
54	heavier	heavy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	53	xcomp	_	_
55	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	56	cc	_	_
56	heavier	heavy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	54	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
58	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	63	mark	_	_
59	at	at	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
60	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	63	obl	_	_
61	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	63	nsubj	_	_
62	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	63	aux	_	_
63	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	53	advcl	_	_
64	down	down	ADV	RB	_	63	advmod	_	_
65	like	like	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
66	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	67	det	_	_
67	waterspout	waterspout	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	71	punct	_	_
69	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	71	cc	_	_
70	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	71	nsubj	_	_
71	swung	swing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
72	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	73	nmod:poss	_	_
73	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	71	obj	_	_
74	faster	fast	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	71	xcomp	_	_
75	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	76	cc	_	_
76	faster	fast	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	74	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
77	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	79	punct	_	_
78	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	79	cc	_	_
79	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	71	conj	_	_
80	as	as	ADV	RB	_	81	advmod	_	_
81	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	79	xcomp	_	_
82	as	as	ADP	IN	_	87	case	_	_
83	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	87	mark	_	_
84	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	87	nsubj	_	_
85	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	87	cop	_	_
86	under	under	ADP	IN	_	87	case	_	_
87	cover	cover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	81	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
88	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the third son |  |  |  | then |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **let** | infinitive | Father | me |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |
| 3 | **show** | present | Father *not said here* | something | you |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient something=Topic |
| 4 | **begin** | past · progressive | house |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 5 | **draw** | past | father | father's sword |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme |
| 6 | **swing** | past | father *not said here* | house |  | cross cuts above father's head |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent it=Theme in cut=Location |
| 7 | **fall** | past | a drop |  |  |  |  | on father | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on he=Location |
| 8 | **fall** | past | the rain |  |  |  |  | heavy *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 9 | **come down** | past · progressive | house |  |  | last |  | like a waterspout; down *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at last=Location |
| 10 | **swing** | past | father | father's sword |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent sword=Theme |
| 11 | **keep** | participle | father *not said here* |  |  |  |  | dry *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 12 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | father |  |  |  |  | as cover | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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