--- title: When they were near ripening he sent one of his sons to the garden:… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When they were near ripening he sent one of his sons to the garden: saying, ‘My son, I am longing to taste those dates: go and watch over them, for to-day’s sun will bring them to perfection.’ Who acts: trees, I, sun. 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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 (trees, I, sun), 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:pg641:29:37 # text = When they were near ripening he sent one of his sons to the garden: saying, ‘My son, I am longing to taste those dates: go and watch over them, for to-day’s sun will bring them to perfection.’ 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 7 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 4 near near ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 ripening ripening NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 16 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 longing long VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 conj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 taste taste VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 28 det _ _ 28 dates date NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 : : PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 30 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 16 ccomp _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 watch watch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 33 over over ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 36 for for SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ’s 's PART POS _ 39 case _ _ 41 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 42 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 perfection perfection NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | trees *= tree* | | | ripening | | send *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | trees *= tree* *not said here* | | | | | My son *vocative* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **long** | present · progressive | I | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **taste** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | that dates | | | | | vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme date=Attribute | | 5 | **go** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **watch** | infinitive | | | | | | over trees *= tree* | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over they=Location | | 7 | **bring** | future | sun | trees *= tree* | | perfection | day | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to perfection=Destination | 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/29/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/29/38/) - ↑ back to [The Nunda, Eater of People](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/29/)