--- title: Simon replied that he was most unwilling to part with the creature,… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Simon replied that he was most unwilling to part with the creature, as no amount of money would make up to him for its loss; still, if they were quite set on it, he would let them have the goat for fifty gold pieces. Who acts: Simon, amount, goats. 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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, amount, goats), 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:pg7277:26:67 # text = Simon replied that he was most unwilling to part with the creature, as no amount of money would make up to him for its loss; still, if they were quite set on it, he would let them have the goat for fifty gold pieces. 1 Simon Simon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 7 unwilling unwill VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 advcl _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 15 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 16 det _ _ 16 amount amount NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 19 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 21 up up ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 28 still still ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 30 if if SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 33 quite quite ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 advcl _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 48 nummod _ _ 47 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 48 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Simon | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **unwill** | past · progressive | Simon | | | | | with the creature | tree rules | | 3 | **make up** | would | no amount of money | | Simon | | | for amount's loss | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **set** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | | goats *= goat* | | amount | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme on it=Destination | | 5 | **let** | would | Simon | goats *= goat* | | | still | | tree rules | | 6 | **have** | infinitive | goats *= goat* *not said here* | the goat | | | | for fifty gold pieces | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goat=Patient | | 7 | **amount** | | | money | | | | | nom amount «possession transitive»: of=patient | 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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/26/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/26/68/) - ↑ back to [The Biter Bit, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/26/)