--- title: Indeed, if you came to think of it, the gift was worth nothing, as w… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Indeed, if you came to think of it, the gift was worth nothing, as when her husband made it he was a bachelor, and since then he had been married, and she had never given her consent to any such thing.’ Who acts: you, gift, husband, wife. 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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 (you, gift, husband, wife), 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:pg3454:19:66 # text = Indeed, if you came to think of it, the gift was worth nothing, as when her husband made it he was a bachelor, and since then he had been married, and she had never given her consent to any such thing.’ 1 Indeed indeed ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 worth worth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 as as SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 18 when when SCONJ WRB _ 21 mark _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 bachelor bachelor NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 29 since since ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 obl _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 40 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 conj _ _ 41 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 consent consent NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 46 det _ _ 45 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | you | | | | | indeed *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | of noise | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | past | the gift | nothing | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **make** | past | wife's husband | noise | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product | | 5 | **is a** | past | husband | a bachelor | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **marry** | past · perfect · passive | | husband | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 7 | **not** **give** | past · perfect | wife | wife's consent | any such thing | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent consent=Theme to thing=Recipient | | 8 | **consent** | | wife | | | | | | nom consent «communication 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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/19/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/19/67/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/19/)