--- title: ‘I know I am a thousand times better off here than I ever was in my… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘I know I am a thousand times better off here than I ever was in my life before, but notwithstanding, I have a great longing to go home, in spite of all your kindness to me. Who acts: I. 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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 (I), 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:pg540:44:24 # text = ‘I know I am a thousand times better off here than I ever was in my life before, but notwithstanding, I have a great longing to go home, in spite of all your kindness to me. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 5 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl:unmarked _ _ 9 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 ccomp _ _ 10 off off ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 12 than than ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 14 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 18 advmod _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 19 before before ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 notwithstanding notwithstand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 longing longing NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 acl _ _ 31 home home ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 spite spite NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 38 det:predet _ _ 37 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 kindness kindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | I | | | here | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | present | I | | | | time | good *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | I | | | | ever | than my life; before *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **notwithstand** | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **have** | present | I | a great longing | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent longing=Patient | | 6 | **go** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | a great longing *not said here* | | spite of your kindness to me | | home *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in spite=Location | | 7 | **spite** | | | your kindness to me | | | | | nom spite «feeling transitive»: of=patient | 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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/44/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/44/25/) - ↑ back to [Mother Holle, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/44/)