--- title: His father could not make enough of his son, and always had him clot… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: His father could not make enough of his son, and always had him clothed in golden garments which shone and sparkled like the sun; and his mother gave him a white horse, which never slept, and which flew like the wind. Who acts: father, King, golden garments, mother. 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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, King, golden garments, mother), 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:pg640:38:5 # text = His father could not make enough of his son, and always had him clothed in golden garments which shone and sparkled like the sun; and his mother gave him a white horse, which never slept, and which flew like the wind. 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 13 advmod _ _ 13 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 clothed clothe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 xcomp _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 garments garment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 19 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 20 shone shine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 sparkled sparkle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 conj _ _ 23 like like ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 37 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 slept sleep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 42 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 43 like like ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **make** | could | King's father | enough | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enough=Product | | 2 | **have** | past | | King | | | | always *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **clothe** | participle | King *not said here* | | | | | in golden garments | vn dress-41.1.1-1-2 «Passive»: agent=Pivot in garment=Theme | | 4 | **shine** | past | golden garments | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **sparkle** | participle | golden garments *not said here* | | | | | like the sun | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **give** | past | King's mother | a white horse | King | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient horse=Theme | | 7 | **not** **sleep** | past | a white horse | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **fly** | past | | | | | | like the wind | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/38/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/38/6/) - ↑ back to [The Death of the Sun-hero (27)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/38/)