--- title: It was not that he thought there were too many children, for his lif… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: It was not that he thought there were too many children, for his life had seemed more full of joy since they appeared, but now it came to the point he did not know how he was to feed them. Who acts: It, many children, life, children. 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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 (It, many children, life, children), 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:pg641:13:40 # text = It was not that he thought there were too many children, for his life had seemed more full of joy since they appeared, but now it came to the point he did not know how he was to feed them. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 8 expl _ _ 8 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 9 too too ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 for for SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 17 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 ccomp _ _ 18 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 19 amod _ _ 19 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 xcomp _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 22 since since SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 acl:relcl _ _ 37 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 41 advmod _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 feed feed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 ccomp _ _ 42 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **be** *speech: other* | past | It | | | | | think *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | past | many children | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **have** | past | Stan's life | | | | | full *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **seem** | past | Stan's life *not said here* | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **appear** | past | children *= child* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **come** | past | head | | | the point | now | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to point=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | Stan | the point *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **is** | past | Stan | | children *= child* | | | feed *property* | tree rules | 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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/13/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/13/41/) - ↑ back to [Stan Bolovan](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/13/)