--- title: With the treasure he possessed he was able to buy a great herd of re… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: With the treasure he possessed he was able to buy a great herd of reindeer; and he soon married a rich wife, whose parents would not have him as a son-in-law when he was poor, and the two lived happy for ever after. Who acts: Andras, parents, two. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Andras, parents, two), 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:pg3027:37:9 # text = With the treasure he possessed he was able to buy a great herd of reindeer; and he soon married a rich wife, whose parents would not have him as a son-in-law when he was poor, and the two lived happy for ever after. 1 With with ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 possessed possess VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 ccomp _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 buy buy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 herd herd NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 reindeer reindeer NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 20 advmod _ _ 20 married marry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 27 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 parataxis _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 as as ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 38 when when SCONJ WRB _ 41 mark _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 41 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 46 nsubj _ _ 46 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 47 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 xcomp _ _ 48 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 46 obl _ _ 50 after after ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **possess** | past | Andras | | | | | with the treasure | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **is** | past | Andras | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **buy** | to-infinitive | Andras *not said here* | a great herd of reindeer | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herd=Theme | | 4 | **marry** | past | Andras | a rich wife | | | | as law; soon *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Patient | | 5 | **not** **have** | would | parents | Andras | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 6 | **is** | past | Andras | | | | | poor *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **live** | past | the two | | | | | after, happy *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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/pg3027/37/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/37/10/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/37/)