--- title: So, believing that their children’s fortunes were made, they embrace… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So, believing that their children’s fortunes were made, they embraced them and sent them forth, bidding them get as far away as possible, to take different roads, and to send news of their welfare. Who acts: children. 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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 (children), 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:pg7277:9:55 # text = So, believing that their children’s fortunes were made, they embraced them and sent them forth, bidding them get as far away as possible, to take different roads, and to send news of their welfare. 1 So so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 believing believe VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’s 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 fortunes fortune NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 embraced embrace VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 forth forth ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 bidding bid VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 21 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 as as ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 25 advmod _ _ 25 away away ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 27 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ _ 31 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 roads road NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 37 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 welfare welfare NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | gerund | children *= child* *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **make** | past · passive | | children's children's fortunes | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 3 | **embrace** | past | children *= child* | hearts *= heart* | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Co-Agent | | 4 | **send** | past | children *= child* *not said here* | children *= child* | | | | forth *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **bid** | gerund | children *= child* *not said here* | children *= child* | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **get** | infinitive | children *= child* *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **take** | to-infinitive | | different roads | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Theme | | 8 | **send** | to-infinitive | children *= child* *not said here* | news of children's welfare | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent news=Theme | 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/9/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/9/56/) - ↑ back to [Sylvain and Jocosa](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/9/)