--- title: Now, seeing that by your goodness we have been greatly enriched by o… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now, seeing that by your goodness we have been greatly enriched by our former dreams, we wish, in gratitude, to bestow this third treasure on you for your own profit; so give us workers, and we will begin to dig without delay.’ Who acts: we, former dreams, our, your. 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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 (we, former dreams, our, your), 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:pg641:43:84 # text = Now, seeing that by your goodness we have been greatly enriched by our former dreams, we wish, in gratitude, to bestow this third treasure on you for your own profit; so give us workers, and we will begin to dig without delay.’ 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 4 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obj _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 goodness goodness NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 10 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 aux:pass _ _ 11 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 enriched enrich VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl:relcl _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 dreams dream NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 gratitude gratitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 bestow bestow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 26 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 det _ _ 27 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 28 amod _ _ 28 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 29 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 33 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 profit profit NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 36 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 38 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 iobj _ _ 39 workers worker NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 begin begin VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 dig dig VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 without without ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 delay delay NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | gerund | we *not said here* | that | | | now | by your goodness | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | | 2 | **enrich** | present · perfect · passive | our former dreams | we | | | | greatly *property* | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Destination | | 3 | **wish** | present | we | | | gratitude | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **bestow** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | this third treasure | | | | on you; for your own profit | tree rules | | 5 | **give** | infinitive | we *not said here* | workers | us | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient worker=Theme | | 6 | **begin** | future | we | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **dig** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | | | | | without delay | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **dream** | | our | | | | | | nom dream «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **profit** | | your | | | | | | nom profit «possession intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/43/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/43/85/) - ↑ back to [Virgilius the Sorcerer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/43/)