--- title: The beardless man finished grinding his own corn, and when he had do… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The beardless man finished grinding his own corn, and when he had done he said to the boy, who was beginning to grind his, ‘Suppose, sonny, we make a cake of what you have there.’ Who acts: beardless man, man, boy, we. 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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 (beardless man, man, boy, we), 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:pg641:3:12 # text = The beardless man finished grinding his own corn, and when he had done he said to the boy, who was beginning to grind his, ‘Suppose, sonny, we make a cake of what you have there.’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 beardless beardless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 finished finish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 grinding grind VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 11 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 beginning begin VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 acl:relcl _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 grind grind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 Suppose suppose INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 16 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 sonny sonny NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nmod _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 41 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **finish** | past | the beardless man | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **grind** | gerund | the beardless man *not said here* | man's own corn | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent corn=Patient | | 3 | **do** | past · perfect | man | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | man | | the boy | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to boy=Recipient | | 5 | **begin** | past · progressive | the boy | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **grind** | to-infinitive | the boy *not said here* | man | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent his=Patient | | 7 | **make** | present | we | a cake | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Product | | 8 | **have** | present | you | | | there | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/3/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/3/13/) - ↑ back to [The Finest Liar in the World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/3/)