--- title: Though very pleased at the thought of becoming such a rich man--for… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Though very pleased at the thought of becoming such a rich man--for the brothers had never cared much for each other--the younger would rather have stayed where he was, for he soon got tired of the country, and longed for a town life. Who acts: thought, man. 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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 (thought, man), 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:pg3454:19:36 # text = Though very pleased at the thought of becoming such a rich man--for the brothers had never cared much for each other--the younger would rather have stayed where he was, for he soon got tired of the country, and longed for a town life. 1 Though though SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 very very ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 of of SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 becoming become VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 9 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 12 det:predet _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 -- -- PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 for for SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 cared care VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 20 much much ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 19 obl _ _ 23 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 24 -- -- PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 younger young ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 30 advcl _ _ 27 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 28 rather rather ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 29 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 aux _ _ 30 stayed stay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 31 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 33 advmod _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 for for SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 38 advmod _ _ 38 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 parataxis _ _ 39 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 xcomp _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 longed long VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 46 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ _ 49 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | gerund | the thought *not said here* | such rich man | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **not** **care** | past · perfect · passive | | the brothers | | | | for each | tree rules | | 3 | **stay** | would · perfect | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **be** | past | man | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **get** | past | man | | | | | soon, tired *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **long** | past | man *not said here* | | | | | for a town life | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for life=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 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/19/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/19/37/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/19/)