--- title: ‘His wicked pranks do not make him rich, certainly,’ said the ox, ‘a… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘His wicked pranks do not make him rich, certainly,’ said the ox, ‘and he isn’t even clever enough to have found out what a piece of luck might befall him a week hence.’ Who acts: wicked pranks, wizard, piece. 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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 (wicked pranks, wizard, piece), 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:pg3454:25:75 # text = ‘His wicked pranks do not make him rich, certainly,’ said the ox, ‘and he isn’t even clever enough to have found out what a piece of luck might befall him a week hence.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 pranks prank NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 5 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 ox ox NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 18 ‘ ‘ PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 22 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 23 even even ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 parataxis _ _ 25 enough enough ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 27 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 aux _ _ 28 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 29 out out ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 30 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 36 obj _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 35 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 befall befall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 parataxis _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl:unmarked _ _ 40 hence hence ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **make** | present · do-support | wizard's wicked pranks | wizard | | | | certainly, rich *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | the ox | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **is** | present | wizard | | | | | clever, enough *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **find out** | to-infinitive · perfect | wizard *not said here* | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **befall** | might | a piece of luck | wizard | | | week | hence *property* | tree rules | 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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/25/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/25/76/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/25/)