--- title: ‘It will soon be full now, and I shall have to buy a larger one,’ he… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘It will soon be full now, and I shall have to buy a larger one,’ he said to himself, and so busy was he with the thought of his money, that he did not notice how bright his son’s face had grown, nor how he sometimes started when he was spoken to, as if his mind was far away. 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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 (pile, I, father, face), 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:pg3454:18:84 # text = ‘It will soon be full now, and I shall have to buy a larger one,’ he said to himself, and so busy was he with the thought of his money, that he did not notice how bright his son’s face had grown, nor how he sometimes started when he was spoken to, as if his mind was far away. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 6 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 ccomp _ _ 7 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 buy buy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 larger large ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 17 amod _ _ 17 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 busy busy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 advcl _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 ccomp _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 41 notice notice VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 parataxis _ _ 42 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 43 advmod _ _ 43 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’s 's PART POS _ 45 case _ _ 47 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 48 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 51 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 55 cc _ _ 52 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 55 advmod _ _ 53 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 54 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 55 advmod _ _ 55 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 56 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 59 advmod _ _ 57 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 58 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 aux:pass _ _ 59 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 55 parataxis _ _ 60 to to ADP IN _ 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 62 as as SCONJ IN _ 68 mark _ _ 63 if if SCONJ IN _ 68 mark _ _ 64 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nmod:poss _ _ 65 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nsubj _ _ 66 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 68 cop _ _ 67 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 68 advmod _ _ 68 away away ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | future | pile | | | | now | full, soon *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | shall | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **buy** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | a larger one | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | father | | father | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient | | 5 | **is** | past | father | | | | | with the thought; of father's money | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **notice** | past · do-support | father | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **grow** | past · perfect | father's son's face | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **start** | past | father | | | | | sometimes *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 9 | **speak** *speech: other* | past · passive | | father | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | father's mind | | | | | away, far *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **mind** | | father | | | | | | nom mind «cognition 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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/18/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/18/85/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/18/)