--- title: She thought, ‘If I am wise I can yet save my Lord from the persecuti… — Just so stories · tree and pragmatics description: She thought, ‘If I am wise I can yet save my Lord from the persecutions of these quarrelsome Queens,’ and she held out her finger and whispered softly to the Butterfly’s Wife, ‘Little woman, come here.’ Who acts: Balkis, I. 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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 (Balkis, I), 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:pg2781:13:72 # text = She thought, ‘If I am wise I can yet save my Lord from the persecutions of these quarrelsome Queens,’ and she held out her finger and whispered softly to the Butterfly’s Wife, ‘Little woman, come here.’ 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 4 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 If if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 advcl _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 yet yet ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 13 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 from from ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 persecutions persecution NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 21 det _ _ 20 quarrelsome quarrelsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 Queens queen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 27 out out ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 whispered whisper VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 32 softly softly ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 Butterfly butterfly NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ’s 's PART POS _ 35 case _ _ 37 Wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 parataxis _ _ 44 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 43 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Balkis | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | I | | | | | wise *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **save** | can | I | my Lord | | the persecutions of this quarrelsome Queens | yet | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent lord=Theme from persecution=Source | | 4 | **hold out** | past | Balkis | Balkis's finger | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finger=Theme | | 5 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | past | Balkis *not said here* | | the Butterfly's Wife | | | softly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to wife=Recipient | | 6 | **come** | infinitive | | | | here | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **persecute** | | | this quarrelsome Queens | | | | | nom persecution «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/13/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/13/73/) - ↑ back to [The Butterfly That Stamped](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/13/)