--- title: ‘Ah!’ said his wife, ‘after all I’d rather not have all the riches i… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Ah!’ said his wife, ‘after all I’d rather not have all the riches in the world if I can’t know where they come from--I shall not have a moment’s peace.’ Who acts: I, riches, moment. 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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 (I, riches, moment), 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:pg7277:49:37 # text = ‘Ah!’ said his wife, ‘after all I’d rather not have all the riches in the world if I can’t know where they come from--I shall not have a moment’s peace.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 after after ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 13 obl _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ’d have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 14 rather rather ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 17 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 19 det:predet _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 riches rich NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 if if SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 26 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 28 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 30 advmod _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 ccomp _ _ 31 from from ADP IN _ 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 -- -- PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ’s 's PART POS _ 38 case _ _ 40 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | husband's wife | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent wife=Topic | | 2 | **have** | past | I | | | | after all | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **have** | infinitive | I *not said here* | all riches | | the world | | | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **know** *a condition, not said to happen* | can | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **come** | present | riches *= rich* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **not** **have** | shall | I | a moment's peace | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peace=Patient | | 7 | **pacify** | | a moment | | | | | | nom peace «state 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/49/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/49/38/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Lads](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/49/)