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title: This pleased little Whittington very much, as he wanted to see Londo… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: This pleased little Whittington very much, as he wanted to see London sadly, for he had heard that the streets were paved with gold, and he was willing to get a bushel of it; but how great was his disappointment, poor boy! when he saw the streets covered with dirt instead of gold, and found himself 
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# The Blue Fairy Book, The History of Whittington, sentence 3

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This pleased little Whittington very much, as he wanted to see London sadly, for he had heard that the streets were paved with gold, and he was willing to get a bushel of it; but how great was his disappointment, poor boy! when he saw the streets covered with dirt instead of gold, and found himself in a strange place, without a friend, without food, and without money.

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**Who acts:** pleased little Whittington, Whittington · **What happens:** want, see, hear, pave, be, get · **To what, where:** London, streets, bushel, great disappointment, strange place · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The History of Whittington. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (pleased little Whittington, Whittington), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg503:29:3
# text = This pleased little Whittington very much, as he wanted to see London sadly, for he had heard that the streets were paved with gold, and he was willing to get a bushel of it; but how great was his disappointment, poor boy! when he saw the streets covered with dirt instead of gold, and found himself in a strange place, without a friend, without food, and without money.
1	This	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	pleased	pleased	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	Whittington	Whittington	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	much	much	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
14	sadly	sadly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
18	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	conj	_	_
20	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	streets	street	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	nsubj:pass	_	_
23	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux:pass	_	_
24	paved	pave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	ccomp	_	_
25	with	with	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
29	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	nsubj	_	_
30	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	cop	_	_
31	willing	willing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	conj	_	_
32	to	to	PART	TO	_	33	mark	_	_
33	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	31	xcomp	_	_
34	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	bushel	bushel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obj	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	44	punct	_	_
39	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
40	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	41	advmod	_	_
41	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	amod	_	_
42	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	44	cop	_	_
43	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	44	nmod:poss	_	_
44	disappointment	disappointment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
46	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	amod	_	_
47	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	47	punct	_	_
49	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	51	advmod	_	_
50	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	51	nsubj	_	_
51	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	47	acl:relcl	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	streets	street	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	51	obj	_	_
54	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	53	acl	_	_
55	with	with	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
56	dirt	dirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	obl	_	_
57	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	59	case	_	_
58	of	of	ADP	IN	_	57	fixed	_	_
59	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	_
61	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	62	cc	_	_
62	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
63	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	62	obj	_	_
64	in	in	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
65	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	67	det	_	_
66	strange	strange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	67	amod	_	_
67	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	71	punct	_	_
69	without	without	ADP	IN	_	71	case	_	_
70	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	71	det	_	_
71	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	67	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	74	punct	_	_
73	without	without	ADP	IN	_	74	case	_	_
74	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
75	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	78	punct	_	_
76	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	78	cc	_	_
77	without	without	ADP	IN	_	78	case	_	_
78	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
79	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | pleased little Whittington |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | pleased little Whittington *not said here* | London |  |  |  | sadly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer london=Stimulus |
| 3 | **hear** | past · perfect | Whittington |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 4 | **pave** | past · passive |  | the streets |  |  |  | with gold | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with gold=Theme |
| 5 | **is** | past | Whittington |  |  |  |  | willing *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **get** | to-infinitive | Whittington *not said here* | a bushel of bushel |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bushel=Stimulus |
| 7 | **is a** | past |  | London's great disappointment |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **see** | past | Whittington | the streets |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer street=Stimulus |
| 9 | **cover** | participle |  | the streets *not said here* |  |  |  | with dirt; instead gold | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with dirt=Theme |
| 10 | **find** | past | pleased little Whittington *not said here* | London |  | a strange place |  | without food | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Topic |

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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.

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**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.

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