--- title: “Gracious Majesty,” said they, “the youth whom you have made keeper… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Gracious Majesty,” said they, “the youth whom you have made keeper of your jewels has declared to us that a child shall be born in the palace this night, which will be able to speak every language in the world and to play every instrument of music. Who acts: Gracious Majesty, you, night. 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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 (Gracious Majesty, you, night), 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:pg2435:21:61 # text = “Gracious Majesty,” said they, “the youth whom you have made keeper of your jewels has declared to us that a child shall be born in the palace this night, which will be able to speak every language in the world and to play every instrument of music. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Gracious gracious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Majesty Majesty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 obl _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 acl:relcl _ _ 16 keeper keeper NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 xcomp _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 jewels jewel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ _ 20 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 declared declare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 advcl _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 det _ _ 34 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 37 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 cop _ _ 39 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 conj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 43 det _ _ 43 language language NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 50 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 51 det _ _ 51 instrument instrument NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Gracious Majesty | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **make** *in a quote* | present · perfect | you | the youth | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **declare** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | the youth | us | | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to we=Recipient | | 4 | **bear** *in a quote* | shall · passive | | a child | | the palace | night | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | future | this night | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **speak** *speech: other* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | this night *not said here* | every language | | the world | | | tree rules | | 7 | **play** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | this night *not said here* | every instrument of music | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent instrument=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 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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/21/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/21/62/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/21/)