--- title: His unworthy friends feared that he might some day take it into his… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: His unworthy friends feared that he might some day take it into his head to recall his old tutor, so they thought they now had a good opportunity of getting him banished for ever. Who acts: unworthy friends, brother, anger, good opportunity. 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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 (unworthy friends, brother, anger, good opportunity), 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:pg503:39:81 # text = His unworthy friends feared that he might some day take it into his head to recall his old tutor, so they thought they now had a good opportunity of getting him banished for ever. 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 unworthy unworthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 7 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 8 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 9 det _ _ 9 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl:unmarked _ _ 10 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 into into ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 recall recall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 18 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 tutor tutor NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 so so ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 26 advmod _ _ 26 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 ccomp _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 opportunity opportunity NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 of of SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 31 getting get VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 29 acl _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 banished banish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 xcomp _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fear** | past | brother's unworthy friends | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **take** | might | brother | tutor | | brother's head | day | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme into head=Destination | | 3 | **recall** | to-infinitive | brother *not said here* | brother's old tutor | | | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tutor=Theme | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past | anger | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **have** | past | anger | a good opportunity | | | now | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opportunity=Patient | | 6 | **get** | gerund | a good opportunity *not said here* | brother | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **banish** | participle | brother *not said here* | | | | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/82/) - ↑ back to [Prince Darling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/)