--- title: ‘I was the only son of my father and mother, and much store they set… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘I was the only son of my father and mother, and much store they set by me, but I was not content to stay with them at home, for I thought no deed in all the world was too mighty for me. Who acts: I, Tales, deed. 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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 (I, Tales, deed), 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:pg3454:30:8 # text = ‘I was the only son of my father and mother, and much store they set by me, but I was not content to stay with them at home, for I thought no deed in all the world was too mighty for me. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 store store NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 set set VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 18 by by ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 content content ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 conj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ _ 30 at at ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 for for SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 36 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 37 det _ _ 37 deed deed NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 41 det:predet _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 43 too too ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 ccomp _ _ 45 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | I | the only son | | | | of my father and mother | tree rules | | 2 | **set** | present | Tales *= tale* | much store | | | | by me | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent store=Theme by i=Destination | | 3 | **not** **is** | past | I | | | | | content *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **stay** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | home | | with Tales *= tale* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | I | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | past | no deed in all world | | | | | for me; mighty *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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/30/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/30/9/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/30/)