--- title: He did not want to part with the riches that his father had left him… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He did not want to part with the riches that his father had left him, for he had known all his life what it was to be cold and hungry, and now he had hoped for a little comfort and pleasure. Who acts: remembrance, part. 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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 (remembrance, part), 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:pg2435:18:3 # text = He did not want to part with the riches that his father had left him, for he had known all his life what it was to be cold and hungry, and now he had hoped for a little comfort and pleasure. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 riches rich NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 10 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl:relcl _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 for for SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 21 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 23 det:predet _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl:unmarked _ _ 24 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 20 obj _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 cop _ _ 29 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 acl:relcl _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 hoped hope VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 parataxis _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 comfort comfort NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **want** | past · do-support | remembrance | part | | | | with the riches | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot part=Theme | | 2 | **leave** | past · perfect · passive | | the riches | remembrance | | | | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme he=Attribute | | 3 | **know** | past · perfect · passive | | remembrance | | | | remembrance's life *obl:unmarked* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | past | part | | | | | cold *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **be** | | part *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **hope** | past · perfect | remembrance | | | | now | for a little comfort and pleasure | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for comfort=Theme | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/18/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/18/4/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/18/)