--- title: “Your Majesty,” they said, “we think it our duty to tell you that yo… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Your Majesty,” they said, “we think it our duty to tell you that your new companion has boasted to us that if he were only your steward he would not lose a single grain of corn out of the storehouses. Who acts: Majesty, we, king. 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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 (Majesty, we, king), 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:pg2435:21:22 # text = “Your Majesty,” they said, “we think it our duty to tell you that your new companion has boasted to us that if he were only your steward he would not lose a single grain of corn out of the storehouses. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 Majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 duty duty NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 advcl _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 iobj _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 19 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 20 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 companion companion NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 boasted boast VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 ccomp _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 27 if if SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 29 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 30 only only ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 31 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 steward steward NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 advcl _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 acl:relcl _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 grain grain NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 42 out out ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 storehouses storehouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Your Majesty | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | we | Majesty | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Theme duty=Attribute | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **boast** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | your new companion | us | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | king | your steward | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **lose** *in a quote* | would | king | a single grain of corn out the storehouses | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grain=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:** «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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/21/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/21/23/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/21/)