--- title: The two young men thought it was much nicer to live at home and be i… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The two young men thought it was much nicer to live at home and be idle than to be obliged to do a quantity of disagreeable things they did not like, and they would have stayed by the fire till the end of their lives had not the widow lost patience with them and said that since they would not look f --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/16/34/) [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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/16/) / 34 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 16, sentence 34 The two young men thought it was much nicer to live at home and be idle than to be obliged to do a quantity of disagreeable things they did not like, and they would have stayed by the fire till the end of their lives had not the widow lost patience with them and said that since they would not look for work at home they must seek it elsewhere, for she would not have them under her roof any longer. **Who acts:** two young men, it, words, widow · **What happens:** think, be, live, oblige, do, not like · **To what, where:** home, quantity, disagreeable things, patience, name, words · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 16. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (two young men, it, words, widow), 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:pg3027:16:34 # text = The two young men thought it was much nicer to live at home and be idle than to be obliged to do a quantity of disagreeable things they did not like, and they would have stayed by the fire till the end of their lives had not the widow lost patience with them and said that since they would not look for work at home they must seek it elsewhere, for she would not have them under her roof any longer. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 3 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 much much ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 nicer nice ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 ccomp _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 cop _ _ 16 idle idle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ _ 17 than than SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 19 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 advcl _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 quantity quantity NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 disagreeable disagreeable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 aux _ _ 37 stayed stay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 38 by by ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 till till ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 lives life NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nmod _ _ 47 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 48 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 51 advmod _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 widow widow NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 51 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 ccomp _ _ 52 patience patience NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 53 with with ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nmod _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 conj _ _ 57 that that SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 58 since since SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 59 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 60 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 61 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 62 advmod _ _ 62 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 ccomp _ _ 63 for for ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ _ 65 at at ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obl _ _ 67 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ _ 68 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 69 aux _ _ 69 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 62 conj _ _ 70 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 obj _ _ 71 elsewhere elsewhere ADV RB _ 69 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 77 punct _ _ 73 for for SCONJ IN _ 77 mark _ _ 74 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 77 nsubj _ _ 75 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 77 aux _ _ 76 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 77 advmod _ _ 77 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 69 conj _ _ 78 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 77 obj _ _ 79 under under ADP IN _ 81 case _ _ 80 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 81 nmod:poss _ _ 81 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 obl _ _ 82 any any ADV RB _ 83 advmod _ _ 83 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 77 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 84 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the two young men | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | it | | | | | nice *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **live** | to-infinitive | | | | home | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location | | 4 | **is** | infinitive | | | | | | idle *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **oblige** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: clause=Result | | 6 | **do** | to-infinitive | | a quantity of disagreeable things | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quantity=Eventuality | | 7 | **not** **like** | past · do-support | words *= word* | disagreeable things *not said here* | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot thing=Theme | | 8 | **stay** | would · perfect | words *= word* | | | | till the end of words's lives | by the fire | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by fire=Location | | 9 | **have** | past | words *= word* *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **not** **lose** | past | the widow | patience | | | | with words *= word* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent patience=Eventuality | | 11 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the widow *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 12 | **not** **look** | would | words *= word* | | | | | for work | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for work=Theme | | 13 | **seek** | must | words *= word* | name | | home | | elsewhere *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme at home=Location | | 14 | **not** **have** | would | widow | words *= word* | | widow's roof | | long *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/16/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/16/35/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/16/)