--- title: As for the children themselves, though they were too well brought up… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As for the children themselves, though they were too well brought up to quarrel, still the difference in all their tastes and feelings made it impossible for them to like one another, so there seemed no chance of their ever consenting to be married, which was a pity, since that was the only thing th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Green Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/) / [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/) / 11 # The Green Fairy Book, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 1, sentence 11 As for the children themselves, though they were too well brought up to quarrel, still the difference in all their tastes and feelings made it impossible for them to like one another, so there seemed no chance of their ever consenting to be married, which was a pity, since that was the only thing that would have satisfied both parties. **Who acts:** children, chance, that · **What happens:** bring up, quarrel, make, like, seem, consent · **To what, where:** children, difference, tastes, one, chance, pity This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (children, chance, that), 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:pg7277:36:11 # text = As for the children themselves, though they were too well brought up to quarrel, still the difference in all their tastes and feelings made it impossible for them to like one another, so there seemed no chance of their ever consenting to be married, which was a pity, since that was the only thing that would have satisfied both parties. 1 As as ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 5 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 7 though though SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 10 too too ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 advmod _ _ 12 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 13 up up ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 quarrel quarrel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 still still ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 difference difference NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 23 det:predet _ _ 22 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 tastes taste NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nmod _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 feelings feeling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 conj _ _ 26 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 impossible impossible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 xcomp _ _ 29 for for SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 33 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 obj _ _ 34 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 33 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 so so ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 37 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ _ 38 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 39 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 40 det _ _ 40 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 of of SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 44 advmod _ _ 44 consenting consent VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 acl _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 52 nsubj _ _ 50 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 pity pity NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 54 since since SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 55 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 59 nsubj _ _ 56 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 cop _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 58 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 60 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 63 nsubj:pass _ _ 61 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ _ 62 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 63 aux _ _ 63 satisfied satisfy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 59 acl:relcl _ _ 64 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 65 det _ _ 65 parties party NOUN NNS Number=Plur 63 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring up** | past · passive | | children *= child* | | | | as the children children; well *property* | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **quarrel** | to-infinitive | | the difference | | children's tastes and feelings | | | tree rules | | 3 | **make** | past | | difference | | | | impossible *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product | | 4 | **like** | to-infinitive | children *= child* | one | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot one=Theme | | 5 | **seem** | past | | no chance and a pity | | there | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme chance=Attribute | | 6 | **consent** | gerund | children *= child* | no chance and a pity *not said here* | | | ever | | tree rules | | 7 | **marry** | to-infinitive · passive | children *= child* *not said here* | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V» | | 8 | **is a** | past | no chance and a pity | a pity | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **is a** | past | that | the only thing | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **satisfy** | would · perfect · passive | | the only thing | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer party=Result | | 11 | **taste** | | children *= child* | | | | | | nom taste «cognition 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/12/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/)