--- title: “Oh, if I could only meet with a true friend he should be as a broth… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Oh, if I could only meet with a true friend he should be as a brother to me,” he sighed sadly; and as the thought passed through his mind, he noticed a youth going the same road as himself. Who acts: friend, son, thought, youth. 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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 (friend, son, thought, youth), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Checked tree.** This sentence is in the tales treebank of Mova corpus 0.3 (`gutenberg:pg2435:3272`): parsed by Mova, then checked and patched by a teacher model under UD validation gates — Mova annot: Rust (en) → Claude Opus (medium) patches; gates UD 2.18. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg2435:37:61 # text = “Oh, if I could only meet with a true friend he should be as a brother to me,” he sighed sadly; and as the thought passed through his mind, he noticed a youth going the same road as himself. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ _ 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 18 discourse _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 14 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 cop _ _ 16 as as ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 ccomp _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nmod _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 22 ” " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 sighed sigh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 25 sadly sadly ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 28 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 32 through through ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 noticed notice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 xcomp _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 44 as as ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 40 obl _ _ 46 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **meet** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | could | no friend *= friend* | | | | | with a true friend | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with friend=Co-Agent | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | should | son | | no friend *= friend* | | | as a brother | tree rules | | 3 | **sigh** | past | son | | | | | sadly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **pass** | past | the thought | | | son's mind | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through mind=Location | | 5 | **notice** | past | son | a youth | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **go** | gerund | a youth *not said here* | the same road | | | | as son | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location road=Theme | | 7 | **mind** | | son | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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:** the tales treebank of Mova corpus 0.3, Apache-2.0 OR MIT. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/37/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/37/62/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/37/)