--- title: Simon bought them both, paid as small a price as he could for them,… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Simon bought them both, paid as small a price as he could for them, and leading them home with him, he told Nina to prepare a good meal, as he was going to invite some friends to dinner. Who acts: Simon. 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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 (Simon), 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:pg7277:26:49 # text = Simon bought them both, paid as small a price as he could for them, and leading them home with him, he told Nina to prepare a good meal, as he was going to invite some friends to dinner. 1 Simon Simon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 bought buy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 paid pay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 price price NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 18 leading lead VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 19 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 home home ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 26 Nina Nina PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 iobj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 prepare prepare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 as as SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 ccomp _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 invite invite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 40 det _ _ 40 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **buy** | past | Simon | goats *= goat* | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary both=Theme | | 2 | **pay** | participle | Simon *not said here* | | | | | as a small price | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **lead** | gerund | Simon *not said here* | goats *= goat* | | | | with Simon; home *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Simon | | Nina | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent nina=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **prepare** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Simon *not said here* | a good meal | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meal=Patient | | 6 | **go** | past · progressive | Simon | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **invite** | to-infinitive | Simon *not said here* | | some friends | | | to dinner | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient | 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/26/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/26/50/) - ↑ back to [The Biter Bit, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/26/)