--- title: They had everything they could possibly desire for their comfort, th… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They had everything they could possibly desire for their comfort, they were well fed and well lodged, and if by any chance an unlucky mouse was stupid enough to venture in their way, they caught it, not to eat it, but for the pure pleasure of catching it. Who acts: animals, unlucky mouse. 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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 (animals, unlucky mouse), 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:pg2435:36:4 # text = They had everything they could possibly desire for their comfort, they were well fed and well lodged, and if by any chance an unlucky mouse was stupid enough to venture in their way, they caught it, not to eat it, but for the pure pleasure of catching it. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 2 obj _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 possibly possibly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 desire desire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 comfort comfort NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 14 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 15 advmod _ _ 15 fed feed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 18 advmod _ _ 18 lodged lodge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 21 if if SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 22 by by ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 24 det _ _ 24 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 25 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 unlucky unlucky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 29 stupid stupid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 30 enough enough ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 venture venture VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 eat eat VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 38 parataxis _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 46 but but CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 pure pure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 parataxis _ _ 51 of of SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 52 catching catch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 50 advcl _ _ 53 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | animals *= animal* | everything | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Patient | | 2 | **desire** | could | animals *= animal* | | | | | for animals's comfort; possibly *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 3 | **feed** | past · passive | | animals *= animal* | | | | well *property* | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient | | 4 | **lodge** | participle | | | | | | well *property* | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a unlucky mouse | | | | | by any chance; enough, stupid *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **venture** | to-infinitive | a unlucky mouse *not said here* | | | animals's way | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **catch** | past | animals *= animal* | mouse | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 8 | **not** **eat** | to-infinitive | | mouse | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 9 | **catch** | gerund | | mouse | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 10 | **comfort** | | animals *= animal* | | | | | | nom comfort «state transitive»: poss=agent | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/36/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/36/5/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/36/)