--- title: The two eldest sons departed, and returned shortly, leading with the… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The two eldest sons departed, and returned shortly, leading with them two great mastiffs, who growled so fiercely, and looked so savage, that the mere sight of them made the mother tremble with fear. Who acts: two eldest sons, two great mastiffs, mere sight. 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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 (two eldest sons, two great mastiffs, mere sight), 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:pg641:36:35 # text = The two eldest sons departed, and returned shortly, leading with them two great mastiffs, who growled so fiercely, and looked so savage, that the mere sight of them made the mother tremble with fear. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 3 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 amod _ _ 4 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 departed depart VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 9 shortly shortly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 leading lead VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ 14 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 15 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 mastiffs mastiff NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 19 growled growl VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 fiercely fiercely ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 25 so so ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 savage savage ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 mere mere ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nmod _ _ 34 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 tremble tremble NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **depart** | past | the two eldest sons | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **return** | past | the two eldest sons *not said here* | | | | | shortly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **lead** | gerund | the two eldest sons *not said here* | two great mastiffs | | | | with sons *= son* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mastiff=Theme | | 4 | **growl** | past | two great mastiffs | | | | | fiercely *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **look** | past | | | | | | savage *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **make** | past | the mere sight of sons | the mother tremble | | | | with fear | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset tremble=Product | | 7 | **sight** | | | sons *= son* | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/36/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/36/36/) - ↑ back to [The Frog](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/36/)