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title: In times of doubt Gopani-Kufa always consulted the wasp as to what h… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: In times of doubt Gopani-Kufa always consulted the wasp as to what had better be done, so on this occasion he took it out of the little rush basket in which he carried it, saying: 'Zengi-mizi, what gift shall I ask of Insato to-morrow when he would know the reward he shall bestow on me for saving hi
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# The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 2, sentence 73

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In times of doubt Gopani-Kufa always consulted the wasp as to what had better be done, so on this occasion he took it out of the little rush basket in which he carried it, saying: 'Zengi-mizi, what gift shall I ask of Insato to-morrow when he would know the reward he shall bestow on me for saving his life?'

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**Who acts:** Gopani, Zengi mizi · **What happens:** consult, do, take, carry, say, gift · **To what, where:** wasp, better, occasion, little rush basket, reward, life · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Gopani, Zengi mizi), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg3027:2:73
# text = In times of doubt Gopani-Kufa always consulted the wasp as to what had better be done, so on this occasion he took it out of the little rush basket in which he carried it, saying: 'Zengi-mizi, what gift shall I ask of Insato to-morrow when he would know the reward he shall bestow on me for saving his life?'
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	doubt	doubt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	Gopani	Gopani	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Kufa	Kufa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
8	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	_
9	consulted	consult	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	wasp	wasp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	14	case	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	fixed	_	_
14	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
15	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
16	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	18	nsubj:pass	_	_
17	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	aux:pass	_	_
18	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
20	so	so	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
21	on	on	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	23	det	_	_
23	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
24	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
25	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
26	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	obj	_	_
27	out	out	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
30	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
31	rush	rush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	compound	_	_
32	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
33	in	in	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	36	obl	_	_
35	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	nsubj	_	_
36	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	acl:relcl	_	_
37	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
39	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	25	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	44	punct	_	_
41	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	44	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	Zengi	Zengi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	42	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	mizi	mizi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
46	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	47	nsubj	_	_
47	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	appos	_	_
48	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	50	aux	_	_
49	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	50	nsubj	_	_
50	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	39	ccomp	_	_
51	of	of	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
52	Insato	Insato	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	50	obl	_	_
53	to	to	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	53	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	morrow	morrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obl	_	_
56	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	59	advmod	_	_
57	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	59	nsubj	_	_
58	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	59	aux	_	_
59	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	50	advcl	_	_
60	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	61	det	_	_
61	reward	reward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	obj	_	_
62	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	64	nsubj	_	_
63	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	64	aux	_	_
64	bestow	bestow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	61	acl:relcl	_	_
65	on	on	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
66	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	64	obl	_	_
67	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	68	mark	_	_
68	saving	save	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	64	advcl	_	_
69	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	70	nmod:poss	_	_
70	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	68	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consult** | past |  | the wasp |  |  | time | always *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent wasp=Theme as what=Value |
| 2 | **do** | past · passive |  | better |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 3 | **take** | past | Gopani | wasp |  | this occasion |  | out the little rush basket | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on occasion=Destination |
| 4 | **carry** | past | Gopani | wasp |  | the little rush basket |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Value in which=Location |
| 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Gopani *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 6 | **gift** |  | Zengi mizi |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **ask** *speech: ask* | shall | Zengi mizi |  |  |  |  | of Insato; to morrow | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent of insato=Recipient |
| 8 | **know** | would | Gopani | the reward |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer reward=Stimulus |
| 9 | **bestow** | shall | Gopani | the reward *not said here* |  |  |  | on me | tree rules |
| 10 | **save** | gerund | Gopani *not said here* | Gopani's life |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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