--- title: They always had enough black bread to eat, and wooden shoes or sabot… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They always had enough black bread to eat, and wooden shoes or sabots to wear, and a pig to fatten, so the neighbours thought them quite rich; and what was still better, they thought themselves rich also. Who acts: korigans, wooden shoes, pig, neighbours. 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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 (korigans, wooden shoes, pig, neighbours), 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:pg3454:25:58 # text = They always had enough black bread to eat, and wooden shoes or sabots to wear, and a pig to fatten, so the neighbours thought them quite rich; and what was still better, they thought themselves rich also. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 3 advmod _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 11 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 13 or or CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 sabots sabot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 wear wear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 pig pig NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 fatten fatten VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 neighbours neighbour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj _ _ 27 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 28 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 quite quite ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 obl _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 still still ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 40 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 39 obj _ _ 41 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ _ 42 also also ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | korigans *= korigan* | enough black bread | | | | always *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Patient | | 2 | **eat** | to-infinitive | korigans *= korigan* *not said here* | enough black bread *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **wear** | to-infinitive | wooden shoes or sabots | | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **fatten** | to-infinitive | a pig | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the neighbours | korigans *= korigan* | | | | rich *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot they=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | korigans *= korigan* *not said here* | | | | still | good *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* | past | korigans *= korigan* | korigans *= korigan* | | | | rich *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot themselves=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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/25/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/25/59/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/25/)