--- title: As the dog had discovered a treasure once, this foolish man thought… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As the dog had discovered a treasure once, this foolish man thought he must be able to discover one always, and begged the old couple to lend him their pet for a little while, so that he might be made rich also. Who acts: foolish man, man. A sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The En --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/18/13/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Violet Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/) / [The Envious Neighbour](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/18/) / 13 # The Violet Fairy Book, The Envious Neighbour, sentence 13 As the dog had discovered a treasure once, this foolish man thought he must be able to discover one always, and begged the old couple to lend him their pet for a little while, so that he might be made rich also. **Who acts:** foolish man, man · **What happens:** discover, think, be, beg, lend, make · **To what, where:** dog, one, old couple, pet, couple, man · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Envious Neighbour. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (foolish man, man), 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:pg641:18:13 # text = As the dog had discovered a treasure once, this foolish man thought he must be able to discover one always, and begged the old couple to lend him their pet for a little while, so that he might be made rich also. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 discovered discover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 advcl _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 10 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 11 foolish foolish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 cop _ _ 17 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 ccomp _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 discover discover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 obj _ _ 21 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 couple couple NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 lend lend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 pet pet NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 38 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 43 mark _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 fixed _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 conj _ _ 44 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 xcomp _ _ 45 also also ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **discover** | past · perfect · passive | | the dog | | | | once *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | this foolish man | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | must | man | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **discover** | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | one | | | | always *property* | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Topic | | 5 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | this foolish man *not said here* | the old couple | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent couple=Recipient | | 6 | **lend** | to-infinitive | this foolish man *not said here* | people's pet | couple | | while | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient pet=Theme | | 7 | **make** | might · passive | | man | | | | rich *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/18/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/18/14/) - ↑ back to [The Envious Neighbour](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/18/)