--- title: The consequence was that they gradually gave away all their treasure… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The consequence was that they gradually gave away all their treasures, till they positively had nothing left to live upon; and this coming to the ears of their neighbour, King Bruin, he promptly raised a large army and marched into their country. Who acts: subjects, this, consequence. 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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 (subjects, this, consequence), 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:pg7277:12:2 # text = The consequence was that they gradually gave away all their treasures, till they positively had nothing left to live upon; and this coming to the ears of their neighbour, King Bruin, he promptly raised a large army and marched into their country. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 consequence consequence NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 gradually gradually ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 away away ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 11 det:predet _ _ 10 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 treasures treasure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 till till SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 positively positively ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 17 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 16 obj _ _ 18 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 upon upon ADP IN _ 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 nsubj _ _ 25 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 acl _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 neighbour neighbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 34 Bruin Bruin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 promptly promptly ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 raised raise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 marched march VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 44 into into ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give away** | past | subjects *= subject* | subjects's treasures | | | | away, gradually *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent treasure=Theme | | 2 | **have** | past | subjects *= subject* | nothing | | | | positively *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient | | 3 | **leave** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **live** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **come** | gerund | this | the consequence *not said here* | | | | to the ears of subjects's neighbour | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location consequence=Theme | | 6 | **raise** | past | the consequence | a large army | | | | promptly *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent army=Theme | | 7 | **march** | past | the consequence *not said here* | | | | | into subjects's country *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into country=Result | | 8 | **treasure** | | subjects *= subject* | | | | | | nom treasure «possession transitive»: 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 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/3/) - ↑ back to [Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/)