--- title: The father embraced his fortunate son, and commanded the rest of the… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The father embraced his fortunate son, and commanded the rest of the linen to be thrown into the water; then, turning to his children he said, ‘Now, dear Princes, prepare yourselves for the second task. Who acts: father. 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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 (father), 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:pg7277:29:95 # text = The father embraced his fortunate son, and commanded the rest of the linen to be thrown into the water; then, turning to his children he said, ‘Now, dear Princes, prepare yourselves for the second task. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 embraced embrace VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 fortunate fortunate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 linen linen NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 thrown throw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 advcl _ _ 18 into into ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 22 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 34 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 Princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 prepare prepare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 38 yourselves yourselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 37 obj _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 42 amod _ _ 42 task task NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **embrace** | past | the father | father's fortunate son | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Co-Agent | | 2 | **command** | past | the father *not said here* | the rest of the linen | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent rest=Eventuality | | 3 | **throw** | to-infinitive · passive | the father *not said here* | | | | | into the water *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: into water=Result | | 4 | **turn** | gerund | the father *not said here* | dear Princes | | | then | to father's children *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to child=Result | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | father | father's children *not said here* | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent child=Topic | | 6 | **prepare** | infinitive | the father *not said here* | yourselves | | | | for the second task | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent yourselves=Product for task=Beneficiary | 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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/29/94/) - next →: [sentence 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/29/96/) - ↑ back to [The Biter Bit, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/29/)