--- title: When his excitement had somewhat calmed down, he cried to the boy, ‘… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When his excitement had somewhat calmed down, he cried to the boy, ‘Whether you are really my son matters nothing to me; tell me, how can I repay you for what you have done for me?’ Who acts: man, you, son, I. 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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 (man, you, son, 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:pg641:44:66 # text = When his excitement had somewhat calmed down, he cried to the boy, ‘Whether you are really my son matters nothing to me; tell me, how can I repay you for what you have done for me?’ 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 excitement excitement NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 somewhat somewhat ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 calmed calm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 advcl _ _ 7 down down ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 15 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 Whether whether SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 18 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 19 really really ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 20 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 matters matter VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 23 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 22 obj _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 28 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 33 advmod _ _ 31 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 repay repay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 for for SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 39 obj _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **calm down** | past · perfect · passive | | man's excitement | | | | somewhat *property* | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | man | | the boy | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to boy=Recipient | | 3 | **is a** | present | you | my son | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **matter** | present | my son | nothing | me | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | man *not said here* | | me | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 6 | **repay** | can | I | | you | | | | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 7 | **do** | present · perfect | you | | | | | for me | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 8 | **excite** | | man | | | | | | nom excitement «feeling transitive»: poss=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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/44/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/44/67/) - ↑ back to [Mogarzea and His Son](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/44/)