--- title: He had his pocket full of money, and treated them, and drank with th… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He had his pocket full of money, and treated them, and drank with them and boasted and made game of the good-for-nothings who were afraid to stand on guard, because they were frightened that the dead princess would eat them. Who acts: Christian, good nothings, dead princess. 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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 (Christian, good nothings, dead princess), 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:pg5615:7:39 # text = He had his pocket full of money, and treated them, and drank with them and boasted and made game of the good-for-nothings who were afraid to stand on guard, because they were frightened that the dead princess would eat them. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 treated treat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 drank drink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 boasted boast VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 conj _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 conj _ _ 21 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 24 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 nothings nothing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ _ 29 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 30 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 31 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 acl:relcl _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 guard guard NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 because because SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 parataxis _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 45 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 advcl _ _ 47 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Christian | Christian's pocket | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pocket=Patient | | 2 | **treat** | past | | dollars *= dollar* | | | | | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 3 | **drink** | past | Christian *not said here* | | | | | with dollars *= dollar* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **boast** *speech: other* | participle | Christian *not said here* | | | | | | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **make** | participle | Christian *not said here* | game of the good nothings | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset game=Product | | 6 | **is** | past | the good nothings | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **stand** | to-infinitive | the good nothings *not said here* | | | guard | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on guard=Location | | 8 | **frighten** | past · passive | | dollars *= dollar* | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 9 | **eat** | would | the dead princess | dollars *= dollar* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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 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. - ← previous: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/7/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/7/40/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/7/)