--- title: But his mother told him that it was an unhappy man who had lost ever… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But his mother told him that it was an unhappy man who had lost everything, and had come all this way to consult him, and bade the young man not to be afraid, but to come forward and show himself. Who acts: mother, moon, unhappy man, bade. 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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 (mother, moon, unhappy man, bade), 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:pg7277:20:43 # text = But his mother told him that it was an unhappy man who had lost everything, and had come all this way to consult him, and bade the young man not to be afraid, but to come forward and show himself. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 unhappy unhappy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ _ 12 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 acl:relcl _ _ 15 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 20 all all ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 21 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 det _ _ 22 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 consult consult VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 acl _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 28 bade bade NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 cop _ _ 35 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 parataxis _ _ 40 forward forward ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 43 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 42 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | son's mother | | son | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 2 | **is a** | past | moon | a unhappy man | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **lose** | past · perfect | a unhappy man | everything | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Eventuality | | 4 | **come** | past · perfect | | this way | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **consult** | to-infinitive | | son | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 6 | **not** **is** | to-infinitive | bade | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **come forward** | to-infinitive | | | | | | forward *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **show** | infinitive | | | son | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent himself=Recipient | 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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/20/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/20/44/) - ↑ back to [The Snuff-box](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/20/)