--- title: First of all, you were out of temper because you could not have what… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: First of all, you were out of temper because you could not have what you wanted, and you thought all men and animals were only made to do your pleasure; then you were really angry, which is very naughty indeed; and lastly, you were cruel to a poor little animal who did not in the least deserve to be --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/44/) [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/) / [Prince Darling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/) / 44 # The Blue Fairy Book, Prince Darling, sentence 44 First of all, you were out of temper because you could not have what you wanted, and you thought all men and animals were only made to do your pleasure; then you were really angry, which is very naughty indeed; and lastly, you were cruel to a poor little animal who did not in the least deserve to be ill-treated. **Who acts:** you, men, poor little animal, least, your · **What happens:** be, not have, want, think, make, do · **To what, where:** temper, men, pleasure · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Darling. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, men, poor little animal, least), 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:pg503:39:44 # text = First of all, you were out of temper because you could not have what you wanted, and you thought all men and animals were only made to do your pleasure; then you were really angry, which is very naughty indeed; and lastly, you were cruel to a poor little animal who did not in the least deserve to be ill-treated. 1 First first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 6 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 out out ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 temper temper NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 10 because because SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 acl:relcl _ _ 15 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 14 obj _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 22 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 23 det _ _ 23 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 conj _ _ 26 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 27 only only ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 ccomp _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 34 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 really really ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 41 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 42 very very ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 naughty naughty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 parataxis _ _ 44 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 lastly lastly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 51 cruel cruel ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 conj _ _ 52 to to ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 54 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 55 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 57 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 58 nsubj _ _ 58 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 acl:relcl _ _ 59 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 58 advmod _ _ 60 in in SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 63 nsubj _ _ 63 deserve deserve VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 58 ccomp _ _ 64 to to PART TO _ 66 mark _ _ 65 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 66 cop _ _ 66 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 treated treat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 66 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | you | | | temper | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **have** | could | you | temper | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient | | 3 | **want** | past | you | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past | you | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **make** | past · passive | | all men and animals | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **do** | to-infinitive | all men and animals *not said here* | your pleasure | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pleasure=Eventuality | | 7 | **is** | past | you | | | | then | angry *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **is** | present | | | | | | indeed, naughty *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **is** | past | you | | | | | to a poor little animal; cruel *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **not** **do** | past | a poor little animal | | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **deserve** | present | the least | | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **is** | to-infinitive | the least *not said here* | | | | | ill *property* | tree rules | | 13 | **treat** | participle | the least *not said here* | | | | | | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 14 | **please** | | your | | | | | | nom pleasure «feeling transitive»: poss=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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/45/) - ↑ back to [Prince Darling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/)