--- title: Previously they vied with one another in trying to please their fath… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Previously they vied with one another in trying to please their father, hoping thus to receive more money, but now they had received their patrimony, they cared not how soon he left them--nay, the sooner the better, because he was only a needless trouble and expense. Who acts: ingrates, son. 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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 (ingrates, son), 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:pg7128:29:41 # text = Previously they vied with one another in trying to please their father, hoping thus to receive more money, but now they had received their patrimony, they cared not how soon he left them--nay, the sooner the better, because he was only a needless trouble and expense. 1 Previously previously ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 vied vie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 obj _ _ 6 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 5 fixed _ _ 7 in in SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 please please VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 hoping hope VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 15 thus thus ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 receive receive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 18 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 19 amod _ _ 19 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 received receive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 26 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 patrimony patrimony NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 cared care VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 32 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 33 advmod _ _ 33 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 35 advmod _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 36 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 -- -- PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 nay nay INTJ UH _ 43 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 43 advmod _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 45 because because SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 47 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 48 only only ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 needless needless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 advcl _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 expense expense NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **vie** | past | ingrates *= ingrate* | one | | | | previously *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **try** | gerund | ingrates *= ingrate* *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **please** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | ingrates *= ingrate* *not said here* | ingrates's father | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus father=Experiencer | | 4 | **hope** | gerund | ingrates *= ingrate* *not said here* | | | | | thus *property* | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **receive** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | ingrates *= ingrate* *not said here* | more money | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme | | 6 | **receive** | past · perfect | ingrates *= ingrate* | ingrates's patrimony | | | now | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent patrimony=Theme | | 7 | **not** **care** | past | ingrates *= ingrate* | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **leave** | past | son | ingrates *= ingrate* | | | | soon *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 9 | **is a** | past | son | a needless trouble and expense | | | | | 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:** «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7128 (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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/29/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/29/42/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/29/)