--- title: He told his mother that the time was now come for him to go away upo… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He told his mother that the time was now come for him to go away upon his travels also; so she requested him to take the can to the well for water, that she might make a cake for him. Who acts: brother, time, mother. 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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 (brother, time, mother), 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:pg7439:26:34 # text = He told his mother that the time was now come for him to go away upon his travels also; so she requested him to take the can to the well for water, that she might make a cake for him. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 iobj _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ 10 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 11 for for SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 15 away away ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 upon upon SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 travels travel VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 19 also also ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 so so ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 requested request VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 28 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | brother | | brother's mother | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent mother=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **come** | past | the time | | | | now | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **go away** | to-infinitive | brother | | | | | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **travel** | present | brother *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **request** | past | mother | brother | | | | | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **take** | to-infinitive | mother *not said here* | the well | | | | for water | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent well=Theme for water=Beneficiary | | 7 | **make** | might | mother | a cake | | | | for brother | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent cake=Material for he=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:** «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7439 (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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/26/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/26/35/) - ↑ back to [The Red Ettin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/26/)