--- title: The good folks were extremely glad to see their children once more a… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The good folks were extremely glad to see their children once more at home, and this joy continued while the ten crowns lasted; but, when the money was all gone, they fell again into their former uneasiness, and resolved to lose them again; and, that they might be the surer of doing it, to carry the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/33/46/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [Little Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/33/) / 46 # The Blue Fairy Book, Little Thumb, sentence 46 The good folks were extremely glad to see their children once more at home, and this joy continued while the ten crowns lasted; but, when the money was all gone, they fell again into their former uneasiness, and resolved to lose them again; and, that they might be the surer of doing it, to carry them to a much greater distance than before. **Who acts:** good folks, ten crowns, joy, crowns · **What happens:** be, see, continue, last, fall, resolve · **To what, where:** children, home, joy, former uneasiness, folks, money This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Little Thumb. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (good folks, ten crowns, joy, crowns), 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:pg503:33:46 # text = The good folks were extremely glad to see their children once more at home, and this joy continued while the ten crowns lasted; but, when the money was all gone, they fell again into their former uneasiness, and resolved to lose them again; and, that they might be the surer of doing it, to carry them to a much greater distance than before. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 folks folk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 extremely extremely ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 11 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 8 advmod _ _ 12 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 8 advmod _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 17 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 det _ _ 18 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 19 continued continue VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl _ _ 20 while while SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 23 crowns crown NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 24 lasted last VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 when when SCONJ WRB _ 33 mark _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 32 all all ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 parataxis _ _ 37 again again ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 into into ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 40 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 uneasiness uneasiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 resolved resolve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 again again ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ; ; PUNCT : _ 63 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 52 that that SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 53 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 54 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 55 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 57 cop _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 surer sure ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 63 advcl _ _ 58 of of SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 59 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 57 advcl _ _ 60 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 62 to to PART TO _ 63 mark _ _ 63 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 64 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 obj _ _ 65 to to ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 66 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 67 much much ADV RB _ 68 advmod _ _ 68 greater great ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 69 amod _ _ 69 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ _ 70 than than ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 71 before before ADV RB _ 63 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the good folks | | | | | extremely, glad *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | the good folks *not said here* | folks's children | | home | | once *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer child=Stimulus | | 3 | **continue** | participle | | this joy *not said here* | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **last** | participle | the ten crowns | | | | | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | this joy | | | | | all, gone *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **fall** | past | crowns *= crown* | | | | again | into folks's former uneasiness *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into uneasiness=Result | | 7 | **resolve** | past | crowns *= crown* *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **lose** | to-infinitive | crowns *= crown* *not said here* | folks *= folk* | | | again | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality | | 9 | **is** | might | crowns *= crown* | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **do** | gerund | crowns *= crown* *not said here* | money | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 11 | **carry** | to-infinitive | crowns *= crown* *not said here* | folks *= folk* | | | | to a greater distance | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to distance=Destination | 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/33/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/33/47/) - ↑ back to [Little Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/33/)