--- title: He then laid all the treasure at his master’s feet, who refused to t… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He then laid all the treasure at his master’s feet, who refused to take any part of it, but told him he heartily rejoiced at his prosperity, and hoped the wealth he had acquired would be a comfort to him, and would make him happy. Who acts: God, feet, wealth. 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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 (God, feet, wealth), 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:pg503:29:74 # text = He then laid all the treasure at his master’s feet, who refused to take any part of it, but told him he heartily rejoiced at his prosperity, and hoped the wealth he had acquired would be a comfort to him, and would make him happy. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 6 det:predet _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’s 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 14 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 18 det _ _ 18 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 iobj _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 heartily heartily ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 rejoiced rejoice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 ccomp _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 prosperity prosperity NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 hoped hope VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 acquired acquire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 acl:relcl _ _ 39 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 cop _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 comfort comfort NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 ccomp _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 49 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lay** | past | God | all treasure | | God's master's feet | then | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent treasure=Theme at foot=Destination | | 2 | **refuse** | past | God's master's feet | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **not** **take** | to-infinitive | God's master's feet *not said here* | any part of treasure | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Theme | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | God *not said here* | | God | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **rejoice** | past | God | | | God's prosperity | | heartily *property* | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **hope** | past | God *not said here* | | God | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 7 | **acquire** | past · perfect | God | the wealth *not said here* | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wealth=Theme | | 8 | **is a** | would | the wealth | a comfort | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **make** | would | God *not said here* | God | | | | happy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product | 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/29/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/29/75/) - ↑ back to [The History of Whittington](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/29/)