--- title: 'Now that we are rich people we must build a bigger house,' cried sh… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: 'Now that we are rich people we must build a bigger house,' cried she; and was vexed to find that Peder only shook his head and said: 'No; if they did that people would talk, and say they had got their wealth by ill-doing.' Who acts: we, rich people, Peder, people. 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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 (we, rich people, Peder, people), 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:pg3027:39:48 # text = 'Now that we are rich people we must build a bigger house,' cried she; and was vexed to find that Peder only shook his head and said: 'No; if they did that people would talk, and say they had got their wealth by ill-doing.' 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 8 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 build build VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 13 amod _ _ 13 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 16 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 vexed vex VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 Peder Peder PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 26 only only ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 shook shake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 ccomp _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 : : PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 33 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 if if SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 41 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 46 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 45 ccomp _ _ 49 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 by by SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 52 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 48 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | we | rich people | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **build** | must | rich people | a bigger house | | | now | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Product | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | | Kirsten | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **vex** | past · passive | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 5 | **find** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **shake** | past | Peder | Peder's head | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent head=Patient | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Peder *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **do** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | people | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **talk** | would | people | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 11 | **get** | past · perfect | people | people's wealth | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wealth=Stimulus | | 12 | **do** | gerund | people *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/39/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/39/49/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/39/)