--- title: He could have feasted his eyes all day on the treasures, but he now… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He could have feasted his eyes all day on the treasures, but he now hastened to gather together as much of it as possible; but when he was ready to go he could not remember what to say for thinking of his great riches. Who acts: Cassim. 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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 (Cassim), 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:pg503:34:41 # text = He could have feasted his eyes all day on the treasures, but he now hastened to gather together as much of it as possible; but when he was ready to go he could not remember what to say for thinking of his great riches. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux _ _ 4 feasted feast VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 8 det _ _ 8 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 treasures treasure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 16 hastened hasten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 gather gather VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 together together ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 20 as as ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nmod _ _ 24 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 25 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 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 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 parataxis _ _ 38 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 40 obj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 41 for for SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 42 thinking think VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 ccomp _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 45 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 riches rich NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feast** | could · perfect | Cassim | Cassim's eyes | | | day | | tree rules | | 2 | **hasten** | participle | Cassim | | | | now | | tree rules | | 3 | **gather** | to-infinitive | Cassim *not said here* | much of treasure | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | Cassim | | | | | ready *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **go** | to-infinitive | Cassim *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **not** **remember** | could | Cassim | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | Cassim *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | | | | | | of Cassim's great riches | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/34/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/34/42/) - ↑ back to [The Forty Thieves](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/34/)