--- title: The father was enchanted at the request, and gave him plenty of mone… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The father was enchanted at the request, and gave him plenty of money for his expenses, saying, ‘If you behave as well as your brother, I will do honour to you as I did to him.’ Who acts: you, 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 (you, 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:pg7277:8:5 # text = The father was enchanted at the request, and gave him plenty of money for his expenses, saying, ‘If you behave as well as your brother, I will do honour to you as I did to him.’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 enchanted enchant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 request request NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 iobj _ _ 12 plenty plenty NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 expenses expense NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 If if SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 behave behave VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 25 as as ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 29 cc _ _ 26 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 25 fixed _ _ 27 as as ADP IN _ 25 fixed _ _ 28 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 34 honour honour VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 33 parataxis _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enchant** | past · passive | | the father | | the request | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **give** | past | | plenty of money | father | | | for father's expenses | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Recipient plenty=Theme for expense=Asset | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **behave** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **do** | future | I | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **honour** | infinitive | | | you | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **do** | past | I | | father | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/6/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Watch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/)