--- title: So Paddy Dorman trusted him with the bottle--more fool was he; and,… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So Paddy Dorman trusted him with the bottle--more fool was he; and, to his cost, he found that though Maurice’s mouth might not hold more than the glass at one time, yet, owing to the hole in his throat, it took many a filling. Who acts: Paddy, Maurice, mouth, it. 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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 (Paddy, Maurice, mouth, it), 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:pg3454:18:24 # text = So Paddy Dorman trusted him with the bottle--more fool was he; and, to his cost, he found that though Maurice’s mouth might not hold more than the glass at one time, yet, owing to the hole in his throat, it took many a filling. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 Paddy Paddy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 Dorman Dorman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 4 trusted trust VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 bottle bottle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 -- -- PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 11 amod _ _ 11 fool fool NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 cost cost NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 24 though though SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 25 Maurice Maurice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ’s 's PART POS _ 25 case _ _ 27 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 28 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 ccomp _ _ 31 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 30 obj _ _ 32 than than ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 at at ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 nummod _ _ 37 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 39 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 owing owe VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 50 ccomp _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 throat throat NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 51 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 filling filling NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trust** | past | Paddy | | Maurice | | | with the bottle | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with bottle=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | past | | Maurice | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **find** | past | Maurice | | | | | to Maurice's cost | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **not** **hold** | might | Maurice's mouth | more | | | time | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Theme | | 5 | **owe** | gerund | | | | | | to the hole in Maurice's throat *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to hole=Goal | | 6 | **take** | past | it | a many filling | | | | | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent filling=Theme clause=Attribute | | 7 | **cost** | | Maurice | | | | | | nom cost «possession transitive»: 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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/18/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/18/25/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/18/)