--- title: After reading over his book in print--to make sure that all the 'u's… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: After reading over his book in print--to make sure that all the 'u's' are not printed as 'n's,' and all the 'n's' as 'u's' in the proper names--then the author says, mildly, in his preface, what he thinks about his own book, and what he means it to prove--if he means it to prove anything--and why it --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/1/8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Orange Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/) / [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/1/) / 8 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 1, sentence 8 After reading over his book in print--to make sure that all the 'u's' are not printed as 'n's,' and all the 'n's' as 'u's' in the proper names--then the author says, mildly, in his preface, what he thinks about his own book, and what he means it to prove--if he means it to prove anything--and why it is not a better book than it is. **Who acts:** reading, author, Preface · **What happens:** read, make, not print, say, think, mean · **To what, where:** book, ', preface, anything, better book · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (reading, author, Preface), 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:pg3027:1:8 # text = After reading over his book in print--to make sure that all the 'u's' are not printed as 'n's,' and all the 'n's' as 'u's' in the proper names--then the author says, mildly, in his preface, what he thinks about his own book, and what he means it to prove--if he means it to prove anything--and why it is not a better book than it is. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 reading read VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 csubj _ _ 3 over over ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 print print NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 -- -- PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 11 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 13 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 21 det:predet _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 15 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 u u NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 17 's 's PART POS _ 16 case _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ' ' NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 printed print VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 ccomp _ _ 22 as as ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 'n 'n PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 's 's PART POS _ 23 case _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 30 det:predet _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 'n 'n NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 's 's PART POS _ 30 case _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ _ 33 as as ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 u you PRON PRP Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 's 's PART POS _ 35 case _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 -- -- PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 46 advmod _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 author author NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 46 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 mildly mildly ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 preface preface NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 56 obj _ _ 55 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 thinks think VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 parataxis _ _ 57 about about ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 58 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 59 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 63 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 65 obj _ _ 64 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 65 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 conj _ _ 66 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj _ _ 67 to to PART TO _ 68 mark _ _ 68 prove prove VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 65 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 69 -- -- PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 if if SCONJ IN _ 72 mark _ _ 71 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 72 nsubj _ _ 72 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 68 ccomp _ _ 73 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 72 obj _ _ 74 to to PART TO _ 75 mark _ _ 75 prove prove VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 72 advcl _ _ 76 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 75 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 77 -- -- PUNCT , _ 85 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 78 and and CCONJ CC _ 85 cc _ _ 79 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 85 advmod _ _ 80 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 85 nsubj _ _ 81 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 85 cop _ _ 82 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 85 advmod _ _ 83 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 85 det _ _ 84 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 85 amod _ _ 85 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 parataxis _ _ 86 than than SCONJ IN _ 88 mark _ _ 87 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 88 nsubj _ _ 88 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 85 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 89 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **read** | gerund | | | | author's book in print | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | reading | | | | | sure *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 3 | **not** **print** | present · passive | | u's ' | | | | as 'n and all 'n; as u | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the author | | | | then | mildly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | present | author | author's preface | | | | about author's own book | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | | 6 | **mean** | present | author | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **prove** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Preface | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 8 | **mean** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | author | Preface | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 9 | **prove** | to-infinitive | author *not said here* | anything | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme | | 10 | **not** **is a** | present | Preface | a better book | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **be** | present | Preface | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **preface** | | author | | | | | | nom preface «communication 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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/1/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/1/9/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/1/)