--- title: My father did not live to see his words come true; but on his death-… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: My father did not live to see his words come true; but on his death-bed he bade me transplant them here, and to look after them with the greatest care, which I accordingly did. Who acts: father, words, me, I. 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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, words, me, I), 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:pg640:30:10 # text = My father did not live to see his words come true; but on his death-bed he bade me transplant them here, and to look after them with the greatest care, which I accordingly did. 1 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 11 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 16 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 bade bade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 21 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 transplant transplant VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 29 after after ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 greatest great ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 34 amod _ _ 34 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 obj _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 accordingly accordingly ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **live** | past · do-support | My father | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | My father *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **come** | present | father's words | | | | | true *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **bade** | past | father | father's death bed *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **transplant** | infinitive | me | words *= word* | | father's death bed; here | | | vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 6 | **look** | to-infinitive | | | | | after words *= word* | with the greatest care | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **do** | past | I | the greatest care | | | | accordingly *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality | | 8 | **word** | | father | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: 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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/30/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/30/11/) - ↑ back to [The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/30/)