--- title: He began to wonder what he should do, and to amuse himself by preten… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He began to wonder what he should do, and to amuse himself by pretending that all the treasures he saw were his own, and considering how he would divide them among his children. Who acts: sign, treasures. 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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 (sign, treasures), 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:pg503:14:42 # text = He began to wonder what he should do, and to amuse himself by pretending that all the treasures he saw were his own, and considering how he would divide them among his children. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 wonder wonder VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 amuse amuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 13 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 12 obj _ _ 14 by by SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 15 pretending pretend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 17 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 19 det:predet _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 treasures treasure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 22 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 considering consider VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 28 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 divide divide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 among among ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | sign | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | sign *not said here* | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **do** | should | sign | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 4 | **amuse** | to-infinitive | sign *not said here* | sign | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus himself=Experiencer | | 5 | **pretend** | gerund | sign *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **see** | past | sign | all treasures *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer treasure=Stimulus | | 7 | **is** | past | all treasures | | | | | own *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **consider** | gerund | sign *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 9 | **divide** | would | sign | treasures *= treasure* | | | | among sign's children | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/14/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/14/43/) - ↑ back to [Beauty and the Beast, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/14/)