--- title: They grew so proud that they were ashamed to think that the founder… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They grew so proud that they were ashamed to think that the founder of their race had once been a poor boy; and as they and all the world could not fail to remember it, as long as the table, the cornet, and the bag were shown in the treasure chamber, one king, more foolish than the rest, thrust them --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/20/99/) [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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/20/) / 99 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 20, sentence 99 They grew so proud that they were ashamed to think that the founder of their race had once been a poor boy; and as they and all the world could not fail to remember it, as long as the table, the cornet, and the bag were shown in the treasure chamber, one king, more foolish than the rest, thrust them into a dark and damp cellar. **Who acts:** grandsons, race · **What happens:** grow, be, think, have, not fail, remember · **To what, where:** poor boy, world, bag, grandsons, dark cellar This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 20. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (grandsons, race), 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:pg3027:20:99 # text = They grew so proud that they were ashamed to think that the founder of their race had once been a poor boy; and as they and all the world could not fail to remember it, as long as the table, the cornet, and the bag were shown in the treasure chamber, one king, more foolish than the rest, thrust them into a dark and damp cellar. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 proud proud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 ashamed ashamed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advcl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 founder founder NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 ccomp _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl _ _ 18 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 22 advmod _ _ 19 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 cop _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 30 det:predet _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 31 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 33 fail fail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 as as ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 35 advmod _ _ 40 as as ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 cornet cornet NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj:pass _ _ 50 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux:pass _ _ 51 shown show VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 52 in in ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 54 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 compound _ _ 55 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 58 nummod _ _ 58 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 60 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 61 advmod _ _ 61 foolish foolish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 62 than than ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 66 thrust thrust VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 conj _ _ 67 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 obj _ _ 68 into into ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 69 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 70 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 73 amod _ _ 71 and and CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 72 damp damp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 conj _ _ 73 cellar cellar NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | past | grandsons *= grandson* | | | | | proud *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | grandsons *= grandson* | | | | | ashamed *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | grandsons *= grandson* *not said here* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **have** | past | grandsons's race *not said here* | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** | participle | | a poor boy | | | | once *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **fail** | could | grandsons *= grandson* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **remember** | to-infinitive | grandsons *= grandson* *not said here* | world | | | | the cornet *obl*; long *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 8 | **show** | past · passive | | the bag | | | | in the treasure chamber | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: subject=Patient in chamber=Topic | | 9 | **thrust** | infinitive | | grandsons *= grandson* | | a dark cellar | | | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 10 | **race** | | grandsons *= grandson* | | | | | | nom race «event intransitive»: 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 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 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/20/98/) - next →: [sentence 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/20/100/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/20/)