--- title: “No, no!” replied her father, “he is a great magician, and before I… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “No, no!” replied her father, “he is a great magician, and before I put him to death, I must first find out the secret of his power, and then—we shall see.” Who acts: father, we. 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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 (father, we), 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:pg2435:13:40 # text = “No, no!” replied her father, “he is a great magician, and before I put him to death, I must first find out the secret of his power, and then—we shall see.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 2 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 7 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 magician magician NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 19 before before SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 29 advmod _ _ 29 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 30 out out ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 38 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 — - PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | princess's father and a great magician | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Father | a great magician | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **put** *in a quote* | past | princess's father and a great magician *= father* | | Father | | | to death | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal | | 4 | **find out** *in a quote* | must | princess's father and a great magician *= father* | the secret of Father's power | | | | first *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Topic | | 5 | **see** *in a quote* | shall | we | | | | then | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/13/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/13/41/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/13/)