--- title: For three days Gopani- Kufa returned the same answer to the king, an… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: For three days Gopani- Kufa returned the same answer to the king, and, at last, with tears in his eyes, Insato gave him the Mirror, which was of polished iron, saying: 'Take Sipao, then, O Gopani- Kufa, and may thy wishes come true. Who acts: Gopani, Insato, Mirror, wishes. 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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 (Gopani, Insato, Mirror, wishes), 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:pg3027:2:90 # text = For three days Gopani- Kufa returned the same answer to the king, and, at last, with tears in his eyes, Insato gave him the Mirror, which was of polished iron, saying: 'Take Sipao, then, O Gopani- Kufa, and may thy wishes come true. 1 For for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 4 Gopani Gopani PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ _ 6 Kufa Kufa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 flat _ _ 7 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 Insato Insato PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Mirror Mirror PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 polished polish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 amod _ _ 36 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 : : PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 40 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 Take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 ccomp _ _ 42 Sipao Sipao PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 44 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 O o INTJ UH _ 47 discourse _ _ 47 Gopani Gopani PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 49 punct _ _ 49 Kufa Kufa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 52 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 53 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 wishes wish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 nsubj _ _ 55 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 56 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | past | Gopani | the same answer | the king | | day | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent answer=Theme to king=Destination | | 2 | **give** | past | Insato | the Mirror | Gopani | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient mirror=Theme | | 3 | **polish** | participle | | | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | the Mirror | | | | | of polished iron | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Insato *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **take** | infinitive | | | Sipao | | then | Gopani and Kufa *obl* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument sipao=Destination | | 7 | **come** | may | thy wishes | | | | | true *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **wish** | | thy | | | | | | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: 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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/2/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/2/91/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/2/)