--- title: And when he heard that, the duckling thought that it was worth while… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And when he heard that, the duckling thought that it was worth while having undergone all the persecution and loneliness that he had passed through, as otherwise he would never have known what it was to be really happy. Who acts: beak, duckling, persecution. A sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/10/9/) [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 Orange Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/) / [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/10/) / 9 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 10, sentence 9 And when he heard that, the duckling thought that it was worth while having undergone all the persecution and loneliness that he had passed through, as otherwise he would never have known what it was to be really happy. **Who acts:** beak, duckling, persecution · **What happens:** hear, think, be, have, undergo, pass through · **To what, where:** that, persecution, beak · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (beak, duckling, persecution), 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:pg3027:10:9 # text = And when he heard that, the duckling thought that it was worth while having undergone all the persecution and loneliness that he had passed through, as otherwise he would never have known what it was to be really happy. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 5 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 duckling duckling NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 worth worth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 ccomp _ _ 14 while while SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 15 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 16 undergone undergo VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 xcomp _ _ 17 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 19 det:predet _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 persecution persecution NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 xcomp _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 loneliness loneliness NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 26 through through ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 28 as as ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 otherwise otherwise ADV RB _ 34 obl _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 32 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 33 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 aux _ _ 34 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 conj _ _ 35 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 34 obj _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 cop _ _ 40 really really ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | beak | that | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the duckling | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | duckling | | | | | worth *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | gerund | duckling *not said here* | all persecution and loneliness | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **undergo** | participle | all persecution and loneliness *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **pass through** | past · perfect | beak | | | | | through *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **not** **know** | would · perfect · passive | | beak | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **is** | past | duckling | | | | | happy *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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/10/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/10/10/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/10/)