--- title: “I am very unhappy to have to struggle against my anger and pride ev… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “I am very unhappy to have to struggle against my anger and pride every day; if I had been punished for them when I was little they would not be such a trouble to me now.” Who acts: bad disposition, anger, my. 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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 (bad disposition, anger, my), 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:pg503:39:52 # text = “I am very unhappy to have to struggle against my anger and pride every day; if I had been punished for them when I was little they would not be such a trouble to me now.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 unhappy unhappy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 csubj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 struggle struggle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 against against ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 pride pride NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 15 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 16 det _ _ 16 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 18 if if SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 punished punish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ _ 25 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 28 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 30 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 cop _ _ 33 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 35 det:predet _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 parataxis _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nmod _ _ 38 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | a bad disposition *= disposition* | | | | | unhappy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **struggle** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | day | against my anger and pride | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **punish** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past · perfect · passive | | a bad disposition *= disposition* | | | | for anger | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Patient for they=Theme | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | past | a bad disposition *= disposition* | | | | | little *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | would | anger | such trouble | a bad disposition *= disposition* | | now | | tree rules | | 7 | **anger** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: 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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/53/) - ↑ back to [Prince Darling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/)