--- title: Their beds were so comfortable, they could hardly make up their mind… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Their beds were so comfortable, they could hardly make up their minds to get up, their clothes were so lovely they could scarcely bring themselves to take them off; their dinners were so good that they found it very difficult to leave off eating. Who acts: beds, burner, clothes, dinners. 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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 (beds, burner, clothes, dinners), 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:pg3454:7:65 # text = Their beds were so comfortable, they could hardly make up their minds to get up, their clothes were so lovely they could scarcely bring themselves to take them off; their dinners were so good that they found it very difficult to leave off eating. 1 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 beds bed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 comfortable comfortable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 11 up up ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 minds mind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 16 up up ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 22 nsubj _ _ 20 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 21 so so ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 scarcely scarcely ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 parataxis _ _ 27 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 26 obj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 off off ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 33 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 dinners dinner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj _ _ 35 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 very very ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 difficult difficult ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 xcomp _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 46 off off ADP RP _ 45 compound:prt _ _ 47 eating eat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | burner's beds | | | | | comfortable *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **make up** | could | burner | burner's minds | | | | hardly *property* | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | | 3 | **get up** | to-infinitive | burner *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** | past | burner's clothes | | | | | lovely *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **bring** | could | burner | burner | | | | scarcely *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme | | 6 | **take off** | to-infinitive | burner *not said here* | burner | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past | burner's dinners | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **find** | past | burner | dinner | | | | difficult *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 9 | **leave off** | to-infinitive | dinner *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **eat** | gerund | dinner *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **mind** | | burner | | | | | | nom mind «cognition 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/7/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/7/66/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/7/)