--- title: The Sultan has sent me three canes, and says that if I cannot tell h… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Sultan has sent me three canes, and says that if I cannot tell him which of them grows near the root, which in the middle, and which at the top, he will make war upon me. Who acts: I, 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 (I, 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:pg2435:7:72 # text = The Sultan has sent me three canes, and says that if I cannot tell him which of them grows near the root, which in the middle, and which at the top, he will make war upon me. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 canes cane NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 12 if if SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 iobj _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 21 grows grow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 22 near near ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 root root NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 obj _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 40 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 41 upon upon ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | present · perfect · passive | | the Sultan | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | can | I | | king | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 4 | **grow** | present | I *not said here* | | | the root and the middle | | of canes *= cane* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location which=Theme | | 5 | **make** | future | king | war | | the top | | upon me | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset which=Beneficiary war=Product | 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/7/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/7/73/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/7/)