--- title: That children naturally take a deep interest in such stories, no per… — Fifty Famous Stories Retold · tree and pragmatics description: That children naturally take a deep interest in such stories, no person can deny; that the reading of them will not only give pleasure, but will help to lay the foundation for broader literary studies, can scarcely be doubted. Who acts: children, person, reading. 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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 (children, person, reading), 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:pg18442:2:12 # text = That children naturally take a deep interest in such stories, no person can deny; that the reading of them will not only give pleasure, but will help to lay the foundation for broader literary studies, can scarcely be doubted. 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 naturally naturally ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 interest interest NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 13 det _ _ 13 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 deny deny VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 reading reading NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nmod _ _ 22 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 24 only only ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 26 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 foundation foundation NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 broader broad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 38 amod _ _ 37 literary literary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 studies study NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 41 scarcely scarcely ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 doubted doubt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | present | that children | a deep interest | | such stories | | naturally *property* | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent interest=Value in story=Location | | 2 | **deny** | can | no person | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **give** | future | the reading of children | pleasure | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pleasure=Theme | | 4 | **help** | future | that children *not said here* | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **lay** | to-infinitive | that children *not said here* | the foundation | | | | for broader literary studies | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent foundation=Result for study=Beneficiary | | 6 | **doubt** | can · passive | that children *not said here* | | | | | scarcely *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP» | | 7 | **read** | | | children *= child* | | | | | nom reading «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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:** «Fifty Famous Stories Retold» by James Baldwin, Project Gutenberg book 18442 (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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/2/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/2/13/) - ↑ back to [Concerning These Stories.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/2/)