--- title: And when his father heard the news, and that his son was come, and w… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And when his father heard the news, and that his son was come, and was bringing the Nunda with him, he felt that the man did not dwell on the earth whose joy was greater than his. Who acts: father, son, Nunda, man. 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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, son, Nunda, man), 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:pg641:29:222 # text = And when his father heard the news, and that his son was come, and was bringing the Nunda with him, he felt that the man did not dwell on the earth whose joy was greater than his. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 come come ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 bringing bring VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Nunda Nunda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 29 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 dwell dwell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 ccomp _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 38 greater great ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 34 acl:relcl _ _ 39 than than ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | Nunda's father | the news | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer news=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | past | Nunda's son | | | | | come *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **bring** | past · progressive | Nunda's father *not said here* | | the Nunda | | | with Nunda | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument nunda=Destination | | 4 | **feel** | past | Nunda | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **not** **dwell** | past · do-support | the man | | | the earth | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on earth=Location | | 6 | **is** | past | joy | | | | | great *property* | tree rules | 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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 221](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/29/221/) - next →: [sentence 223](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/29/223/) - ↑ back to [The Nunda, Eater of People](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/29/)