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title: He did not once think how very uncomfortable he should be all those… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: He did not once think how very uncomfortable he should be all those three years, but only that he should be able, by means of the purse, to have all sorts of things he had been obliged to do without; so he joyfully put the purse in his pocket and went on his way. Who acts: Don. A sentence of «The Pi
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# The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 39, sentence 23

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He did not once think how very uncomfortable he should be all those three years, but only that he should be able, by means of the purse, to have all sorts of things he had been obliged to do without; so he joyfully put the purse in his pocket and went on his way.

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**Who acts:** Don · **What happens:** not think, be, mean, have, oblige, do · **To what, where:** three years, sorts, Don, purse, pocket, way

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This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 39. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Don), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg5615:39:23
# text = He did not once think how very uncomfortable he should be all those three years, but only that he should be able, by means of the purse, to have all sorts of things he had been obliged to do without; so he joyfully put the purse in his pocket and went on his way.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	advmod	_	_
5	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
7	very	very	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	uncomfortable	uncomfortable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	ccomp	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
10	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	cop	_	_
12	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	15	det:predet	_	_
13	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	15	det	_	_
14	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
17	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
18	only	only	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
19	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
20	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
21	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
22	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	cop	_	_
23	able	able	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
25	by	by	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	purse	purse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
31	to	to	PART	TO	_	32	mark	_	_
32	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	conj	_	_
33	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	34	det	_	_
34	sorts	sort	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	obj	_	_
35	of	of	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	nmod	_	_
37	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	40	nsubj	_	_
38	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	40	aux	_	_
39	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	40	aux:pass	_	_
40	obliged	oblige	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	36	acl:relcl	_	_
41	to	to	PART	TO	_	42	mark	_	_
42	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	40	xcomp	_	_
43	without	without	ADP	IN	_	42	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
45	so	so	ADV	RB	_	48	advmod	_	_
46	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	48	nsubj	_	_
47	joyfully	joyfully	ADV	RB	_	48	advmod	_	_
48	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	purse	purse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obj	_	_
51	in	in	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
52	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	53	nmod:poss	_	_
53	pocket	pocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obl	_	_
54	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc	_	_
55	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	48	conj	_	_
56	on	on	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
57	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	58	nmod:poss	_	_
58	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | past · do-support | Don |  |  |  |  | once *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | should | Don | all three years |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | should | Don |  |  |  |  | able *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the purse | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **have** | to-infinitive |  | all sorts of things |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sort=Patient |
| 6 | **oblige** | past · perfect · passive |  | Don |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result |
| 7 | **do** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **put** | past | Don | the purse |  | Don's pocket |  | joyfully *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent purse=Theme in pocket=Destination |
| 9 | **go** | past | Don *not said here* |  |  | Don's way |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on way=Location |
| 10 | **sort** |  |  | things |  |  |  |  | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**Text:** «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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