--- title: However, the money he obtained in this way enabled him to buy the Qu… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: However, the money he obtained in this way enabled him to buy the Queen her flock of sheep, as well as many of the other things which go to make life pleasant, so that they never once regretted their lost kingdom. Who acts: money, Fish, other things, King. 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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 (money, Fish, other things, King), 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:pg7277:12:10 # text = However, the money he obtained in this way enabled him to buy the Queen her flock of sheep, as well as many of the other things which go to make life pleasant, so that they never once regretted their lost kingdom. 1 However however ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 obtained obtain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 enabled enable VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 buy buy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 flock flock NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 as as ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 24 cc _ _ 22 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 21 fixed _ _ 23 as as ADP IN _ 21 fixed _ _ 24 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 30 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 34 pleasant pleasant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 36 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 41 mark _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 fixed _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 40 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 41 advmod _ _ 41 regretted regret VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 42 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 43 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 amod _ _ 44 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **obtain** | past | money | the money *not said here* | | this way | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme | | 2 | **enable** | past | the money | Fish | | | | however *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **buy** | to-infinitive | Fish *not said here* | Queen's flock of sheep | the Queen | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent queen=Beneficiary flock=Theme | | 4 | **go** | present | the other things | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **make** | to-infinitive | the other things *not said here* | life | | | | pleasant *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset life=Product | | 6 | **regret** | past | King | King's lost kingdom | | | | once *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer kingdom=Stimulus | | 7 | **lose** | participle | | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/11/) - ↑ back to [Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/)