--- title: But the servant said: “My lord, let me examine this carriage first a… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But the servant said: “My lord, let me examine this carriage first and then you can get in if I find it is all right; otherwise we had better stay in our own.” Who acts: servant, lord, you, carriage. 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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 (servant, lord, you, carriage), 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:pg2435:2:37 # text = But the servant said: “My lord, let me examine this carriage first and then you can get in if I find it is all right; otherwise we had better stay in our own.” 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 6 “ " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 11 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 examine examine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 det _ _ 14 carriage carriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 12 advmod _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 20 obl _ _ 22 if if SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 find find VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 all all ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 otherwise otherwise ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 31 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 33 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 32 xcomp _ _ 34 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ” " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the servant | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | My lord | the servant *= servant* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **examine** *in a quote* | infinitive | the servant *= servant* *not said here* | this carriage | | | | first *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carriage=Theme | | 4 | **get in** *in a quote* | can | you | | | | then | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **find** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | the servant *= servant* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | carriage | | | | | all, right *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **have** *in a quote* | past | we | | | | | good, otherwise *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **stay** *in a quote* | infinitive | we *not said here* | | | our own | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in own=Location | 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/2/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/2/38/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/2/)