--- title: Truly, he got the better of a set of wicked and greedy people, but o… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Truly, he got the better of a set of wicked and greedy people, but only by being wicked and greedy himself; and, as it turned out, when he got so rich he got very fat; and at last was so fat that he couldn't move, and one day he got the apoplexy and died, and no one in the world cared the least bit. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/12/14/) [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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/12/) / 14 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 12, sentence 14 Truly, he got the better of a set of wicked and greedy people, but only by being wicked and greedy himself; and, as it turned out, when he got so rich he got very fat; and at last was so fat that he couldn't move, and one day he got the apoplexy and died, and no one in the world cared the least bit. **Who acts:** man, set, one · **What happens:** get, be, turn out, not move, die, care · **To what, where:** last, apoplexy, least bit This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, set, one), 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:pg3027:12:14 # text = Truly, he got the better of a set of wicked and greedy people, but only by being wicked and greedy himself; and, as it turned out, when he got so rich he got very fat; and at last was so fat that he couldn't move, and one day he got the apoplexy and died, and no one in the world cared the least bit. 1 Truly truly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 xcomp _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 set set NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 greedy greedy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ _ 14 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 only only ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 18 by by ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 cop _ _ 20 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 greedy greedy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 conj _ _ 23 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 27 as as SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 30 out out ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 advmod _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 35 so so ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 xcomp _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 39 very very ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 fat fat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 43 at at ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 46 so so ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 fat fat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 48 that that SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 50 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 51 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 52 advmod _ _ 52 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 55 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 56 nummod _ _ 56 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl:unmarked _ _ 57 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 58 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 apoplexy apoplexy NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obj _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 62 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 65 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 66 det _ _ 66 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 nsubj _ _ 67 in in ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 nmod _ _ 70 cared care VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 71 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 72 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 73 amod _ _ 73 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | man | | | | | good, truly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | gerund | man *not said here* | | | | | man *obl*; wicked *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | man *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **turn out** | past | set | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **get** | past | man | | | | | rich *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **get** | past | man | | | | | fat *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is** | past | man *not said here* | | | last | | fat *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **move** | could | man | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **get** | past | man | the apoplexy | | | day | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer apoplexy=Stimulus | | 10 | **die** | past | man *not said here* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 11 | **care** | past | no one in the world | the least bit | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/12/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/12/15/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/12/)