--- title: It was I who told the Butterfly’s Wife to ask the Butterfly to stamp… — Just so stories · tree and pragmatics description: It was I who told the Butterfly’s Wife to ask the Butterfly to stamp, because I hoped that for the sake of the jest my Lord would make some great magic and that the Queens would see it and be frightened.’ Who acts: Existence, I, Lord, Queens. 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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 (Existence, I, Lord, Queens), 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:pg2781:13:153 # text = It was I who told the Butterfly’s Wife to ask the Butterfly to stamp, because I hoped that for the sake of the jest my Lord would make some great magic and that the Queens would see it and be frightened.’ 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Butterfly butterfly NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’s 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 Wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Butterfly butterfly NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 stamp stamp VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 because because SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 hoped hope VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 20 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 obj _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 sake sake NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 jest jest NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 29 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 ccomp _ _ 31 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 33 det _ _ 32 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 Queens queen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj _ _ 38 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Existence | I | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | I | | the Butterfly's Wife | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent wife=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | the Butterfly | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent butterfly=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **stamp** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **hope** | past | I | that | | | | for the sake of the jest | tree rules | | 6 | **make** | would | my Lord | some great magic | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent magic=Product | | 7 | **see** | would | the Queens | Existence | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 8 | **frighten** | infinitive · passive | the Queens *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | 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:** «Just so stories» by Rudyard Kipling, Project Gutenberg book 2781 (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 152](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/13/152/) - next →: [sentence 154](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/13/154/) - ↑ back to [The Butterfly That Stamped](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/13/)