--- title: But all the same he did not enjoy his good fortune, for he could not… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But all the same he did not enjoy his good fortune, for he could not forget his compact with the nixy, and he knew that sooner or later she would demand his fulfilment of it. Who acts: miller, throve. 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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 (miller, throve), 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:pg640:20:88 # text = But all the same he did not enjoy his good fortune, for he could not forget his compact with the nixy, and he knew that sooner or later she would demand his fulfilment of it. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 4 det:predet _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 enjoy enjoy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 for for SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 17 forget forget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 compact compact NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 nixy nixy NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 28 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 33 advmod _ _ 29 or or CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 28 conj _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 demand demand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 ccomp _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 fulfilment fulfilment NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **enjoy** | past · do-support | miller | miller's good fortune | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fortune=Stimulus | | 2 | **not** **forget** | could | miller | miller's compact | | | | with the nixy | tree rules | | 3 | **know** | past | miller | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **demand** *speech: request* | would | throve | miller's fulfilment of fortune | | | | soon *property* | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme fulfilment=Precondition | | 5 | **fulfil** | | miller | fortune | | | | | nom fulfilment «feeling transitive»: poss=agent 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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/20/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/20/89/) - ↑ back to [How Six Men Travelled Through the Wide World, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/20/)