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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 (great hall, it), 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:pg22373:43:32 # text = "I've been in the great hall," says he, "and I picked out for my bride Anna the Fair; only I don't know whether it's possible to win her." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 've have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 cop _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 11 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 picked pick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 18 out out ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 Anna Anna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 appos _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Fair Fair PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 26 only only ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 29 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 31 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 34 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 ccomp _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 csubj _ _ 37 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 " " PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the great hall *= hall* | | | the great hall | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the great hall | Prince | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **pick out** *in a quote* | past | the great hall *= hall* | the Fair | | | | for my bride | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent fair=Theme for bride=Beneficiary | | 4 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | present · do-support | the great hall *= hall* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | it | | | | | possible *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **win** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | Anna | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Eventuality | 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:** «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Project Gutenberg book 22373 (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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/43/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/43/33/) - ↑ back to [Magic and Witchcraft., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/43/)