--- title: And so the promise on the ivory box of “Wealth and Happiness” came t… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And so the promise on the ivory box of “Wealth and Happiness” came true for him, and when he heard of all the brave doings of Prince Omar, who was the pride and darling of his people and the terror of his enemies, the ex-prince thought to himself, “After all, I am better off as a tailor, for ‘Honour --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/36/1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/36/) / 1 # The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 36, sentence 1 And so the promise on the ivory box of “Wealth and Happiness” came true for him, and when he heard of all the brave doings of Prince Omar, who was the pride and darling of his people and the terror of his enemies, the ex-prince thought to himself, “After all, I am better off as a tailor, for ‘Honour and Glory’ are apt to be very dangerous things.” **Who acts:** promise, he, brave doings, ex-prince, apt dangerous things · **What happens:** be, hear, think · **To what, where:** pride, ex-prince · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 36. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (promise, he, brave doings, ex-prince), 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:pg2435:36:1 # text = And so the promise on the ivory box of “Wealth and Happiness” came true for him, and when he heard of all the brave doings of Prince Omar, who was the pride and darling of his people and the terror of his enemies, the ex-prince thought to himself, “After all, I am better off as a tailor, for ‘Honour and Glory’ are apt to be very dangerous things.” 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 2 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 ivory ivory NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 Wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 Happiness happiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ” " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 15 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 25 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 28 det:predet _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 doings doing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod:desc _ _ 31 Omar Omar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 pride pride NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 darling darling NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 terror terror NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 ex-prince ex-prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 51 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 52 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 55 “ " PUNCT `` _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 After after ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 59 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 60 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 cop _ _ 61 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 51 conj _ _ 62 off off ADP RP _ 61 compound:prt _ _ 63 as as ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 tailor tailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 67 for for ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 69 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 69 Honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 obl _ _ 70 and and CCONJ CC _ 71 cc _ _ 71 Glory glory NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 72 ’ ' PRON EX PronType=Dem 73 expl _ _ 73 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 conj _ _ 74 apt apt ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 79 amod _ _ 75 to to PART TO _ 78 mark _ _ 76 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 78 cop _ _ 77 very very ADV RB _ 78 advmod _ _ 78 dangerous dangerous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 79 amod _ _ 79 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 73 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 80 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 81 ” " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the promise on the ivory box of Wealth and Happiness | | | | | for him *= he*; true *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hear** | past | he | | | | | of all brave doings of Omar Prince and the pride and darling of Omar's people and the terror of Omar's enemies | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of doing=Stimulus | | 3 | **is a** | past | all brave doings of Omar Prince and the pride and darling of Omar's people and the terror of Omar's enemies | the pride and darling of Omar's people and the terror of Omar's enemies | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the ex-prince | | ex-prince | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the ex-prince *= ex-prince* | | | | after all | as a tailor; good *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **does** *in a quote* | present | apt dangerous things | | | | | for Honour and Glory | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | dangerous *property* | tree rules | 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: [The Crimson Fairy Book, part…, 127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/35/127/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/36/2/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/36/)