--- title: In this manner they did not see very much of each other--and perhaps… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In this manner they did not see very much of each other--and perhaps agreed all the better for that; but at any rate they were perfectly happy, and only wanted one thing, or, rather, two things, and that was a wife for each. Who acts: Owl, that. A sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/26/70/) [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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/26/) / 70 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 26, sentence 70 In this manner they did not see very much of each other--and perhaps agreed all the better for that; but at any rate they were perfectly happy, and only wanted one thing, or, rather, two things, and that was a wife for each. **Who acts:** Owl, that · **What happens:** not see, agree, be, want · **To what, where:** much, manner, rate, one thing, wife This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 26. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Owl, that), 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:pg3027:26:70 # text = In this manner they did not see very much of each other--and perhaps agreed all the better for that; but at any rate they were perfectly happy, and only wanted one thing, or, rather, two things, and that was a wife for each. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 very very ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 9 nmod _ _ 12 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 13 -- -- PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 agreed agree VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 17 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 19 det:predet _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 16 ccomp _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 24 at at ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 26 det _ _ 26 rate rate NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 perfectly perfectly ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 only only ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 35 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 nummod _ _ 36 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 38 or or CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 40 rather rather ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 42 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 43 nummod _ _ 43 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 46 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 49 nsubj _ _ 47 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 parataxis _ _ 50 for for ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **see** | past · do-support | Owl | much of each | | this manner | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer much=Stimulus | | 2 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | | | | | | perhaps *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | Owl | | | any rate | | happy, perfectly *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **want** | past | Owl *not said here* | one thing | | | | two things *obl* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot thing=Theme | | 5 | **is a** | past | that | a wife | | | | for each | 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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/26/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/26/71/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/26/)