--- title: This was better than being parted, of course, but not so good as hav… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This was better than being parted, of course, but not so good as having a little cottage of their own, where they could do as they liked, and soon they might have been heard bewailing to each other the hardness of their lots. Who acts: This, kinds. 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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 (This, kinds), 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:pg3454:33:80 # text = This was better than being parted, of course, but not so good as having a little cottage of their own, where they could do as they liked, and soon they might have been heard bewailing to each other the hardness of their lots. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 4 than than SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 parted part VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 6 obl _ _ 9 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 16 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 cottage cottage NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 27 advmod _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 28 as as SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 liked like VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 33 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 38 advmod _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 35 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 36 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 aux _ _ 37 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 parataxis _ _ 39 bewailing bewail VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 38 xcomp _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 39 obl _ _ 42 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 fixed _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 hardness hardness NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 lots lot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | This | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **part** | gerund · passive | This *not said here* | | | | | | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V» | | 3 | **not** **be** | | This *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | gerund | This *not said here* | a little cottage of kinds's own | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cottage=Patient | | 5 | **do** | could | kinds *= kind* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **like** | past | kinds *= kind* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 7 | **hear** | might · perfect · passive | | kinds *= kind* | | | | soon *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **bewail** | gerund | kinds *= kind* *not said here* | the hardness of kinds's lots | | | | to each | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hardness=Stimulus | 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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/33/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/33/81/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/33/)