--- title: 'Madam,' they said, 'we know not how to thank you for this mark of y… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: 'Madam,' they said, 'we know not how to thank you for this mark of your confidence, but have the happiness to tell you that in a short time you will have a little daughter.' Who acts: fairies, we, happiness, you. 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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 (fairies, we, happiness, you), 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:pg3027:22:47 # text = 'Madam,' they said, 'we know not how to thank you for this mark of your confidence, but have the happiness to tell you that in a short time you will have a little daughter.' 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Madam madam NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 12 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 thank thank VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 det _ _ 18 mark mark NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 confidence confidence NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 happiness happiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 iobj _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | fairies *= fairy* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **know** | present | we | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **thank** *speech: thank* | to-infinitive | | | you | | | for this mark of your confidence | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent you=Theme for mark=Attribute | | 4 | **have** | present | we *not said here* | the happiness | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | the happiness *not said here* | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 6 | **have** | future | you | a little daughter | | | time | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient | | 7 | **mark** | | | your confidence | | | | | nom mark «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **confide** | | your | | | | | | nom confidence «cognition 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/22/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/22/48/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/22/)