--- title: His parents did not take his loss much to heart, but were rather gla… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: His parents did not take his loss much to heart, but were rather glad that their useless son had for once shown a little spirit, and they hoped that time and hardship might cure Tiidu of his idle folly. Who acts: parents, useless son, time. 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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 (parents, useless son, time), 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:pg2435:10:103 # text = His parents did not take his loss much to heart, but were rather glad that their useless son had for once shown a little spirit, and they hoped that time and hardship might cure Tiidu of his idle folly. 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 rather rather ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 17 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 18 useless useless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 21 for for SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 23 advmod _ _ 23 shown show VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 xcomp _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 hoped hope VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 32 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 hardship hardship NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 35 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 cure cure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 37 Tiidu Tiidu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 40 idle idle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 folly folly NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **take** | past · do-support | man's parents | man's loss | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument loss=Theme much=Destination | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | | | glad *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | past | parents's useless son | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **show** | participle | parents's useless son *not said here* | a little spirit | | | | once *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent spirit=Recipient | | 5 | **hope** | past | parents *= parent* | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **cure** | might | time and hardship | Tiidu of man's idle folly | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer tiidu=Source | 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 Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/10/102/) - next →: [The Crimson Fairy Book, part…, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/11/1/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/10/)