--- title: Seeing that he was rather cast down, the old man told him that he ha… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Seeing that he was rather cast down, the old man told him that he had a brother nine hundred miles away, and that if information could be got about them from anyone it would be from him; ‘and I will enable you,’ he said, ‘to reach the place where he lives before night.’ Who acts: old man, Irishman, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/45/115/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Yellow Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/) / [The Blue Mountains](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/45/) / 115 # The Yellow Fairy Book, The Blue Mountains, sentence 115 Seeing that he was rather cast down, the old man told him that he had a brother nine hundred miles away, and that if information could be got about them from anyone it would be from him; ‘and I will enable you,’ he said, ‘to reach the place where he lives before night.’ **Who acts:** old man, Irishman, information, I · **What happens:** see, cast down, tell, have, get, be · **To what, where:** Irishman, brother, information, anyone, you, place · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Blue Mountains. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (old man, Irishman, information, 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:pg640:45:115 # text = Seeing that he was rather cast down, the old man told him that he had a brother nine hundred miles away, and that if information could be got about them from anyone it would be from him; ‘and I will enable you,’ he said, ‘to reach the place where he lives before night.’ 1 Seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 2 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 rather rather ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 cast cast VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 advcl _ _ 7 down down ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 advcl _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 iobj _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 compound _ _ 20 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 21 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl:unmarked _ _ 22 away away ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 26 if if SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 information information NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 28 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 parataxis _ _ 31 about about ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 33 from from ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 30 obl _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 36 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 cop _ _ 38 from from ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 enable enable VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 to to PART TO _ 54 mark _ _ 54 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 ccomp _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 57 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 59 advmod _ _ 58 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 59 lives live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 acl:relcl _ _ 60 before before ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 54 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | gerund | the old man *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **cast down** | past · passive | | Irishman | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the old man | | Irishman | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **have** | past | Irishman | a brother | | | | away *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Patient | | 5 | **get** *a condition, not said to happen* | could · passive | | information | | anyone | | about men *= man* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from anyone=Source | | 6 | **is** | would | information | | | | | from Irishman | tree rules | | 7 | **enable** | future | I | you | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Irishman | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **reach** | to-infinitive | | the place | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent place=Theme | | 10 | **live** | present | Irishman | | | | night | | vn exist-47.1-1 «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 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/45/114/) - next →: [sentence 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/45/116/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Mountains](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/45/)