--- title: They ceased not to extol and envy the happiness of their friend, who… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: They ceased not to extol and envy the happiness of their friend, who in the mean time no way diverted herself in looking upon all these rich things, because of the impatience she had to go and open the closet of the ground floor. Who acts: neighbours, happiness, way, impatience. 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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 (neighbours, happiness, way, impatience), 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:pg29021:7:127 # text = They ceased not to extol and envy the happiness of their friend, who in the mean time no way diverted herself in looking upon all these rich things, because of the impatience she had to go and open the closet of the ground floor. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ceased cease VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 extol extol VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 envy envy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 happiness happiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 14 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 mean mean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 19 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 20 det _ _ 20 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 diverted divert VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 22 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 21 obj _ _ 23 in in SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 24 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 25 upon upon ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 26 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 29 det:predet _ _ 27 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 28 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 34 case _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 31 fixed _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 impatience impatience NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 closet closet NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cease** | past | neighbours *= neighbour* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **not** **extol** | to-infinitive | neighbours *= neighbour* *not said here* | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **envy** | infinitive | neighbours *= neighbour* *not said here* | the happiness of neighbours's friend | | | | because the impatience | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer happiness=Stimulus | | 4 | **divert** | past | the happiness of neighbours's friend | way | | | time | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus herself=Experiencer | | 5 | **look** | gerund | the happiness of neighbours's friend *not said here* | | | | | upon all rich things | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon thing=Theme | | 6 | **have** | past | way | the impatience *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **go** | to-infinitive | the impatience *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **open** | infinitive | the impatience *not said here* | the closet of the ground floor | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location closet=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 Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, Project Gutenberg book 29021 (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 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/7/126/) - next →: [sentence 128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/7/128/) - ↑ back to [\_thomas Bodkin\_, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/7/)