--- title: 'They are hardly as blue as I expected,' he grumbled, though the par… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: 'They are hardly as blue as I expected,' he grumbled, though the parrot knew as well as he did that he was not speaking the truth; 'so you must bring me something else in exchange for the crown you covet so much. Who acts: eyes, I, giant, parrot. 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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 (eyes, I, giant, parrot), 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:pg3027:25:107 # text = 'They are hardly as blue as I expected,' he grumbled, though the parrot knew as well as he did that he was not speaking the truth; 'so you must bring me something else in exchange for the crown you covet so much. 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 as as ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 expected expect VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 grumbled grumble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 though though SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 parrot parrot NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 19 as as ADV RB ExtPos=ADV 18 advmod _ _ 20 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 19 fixed _ _ 21 as as SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 speaking speak VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 32 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 so so ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 37 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 36 obj _ _ 39 else else ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 exchange exchange NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 covet covet VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 47 so so ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 much much ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | eyes *= eye* | | | | | blue, hardly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **expect** | past | I | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **grumble** *speech: other* | past | giant | | | | | | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **know** | past | the parrot | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **do** | past | giant | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | past · progressive | giant | the truth | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **bring** | must | you | something | me | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent i=Destination something=Theme | | 8 | **covet** | present | you | | | exchange for the crown | | | vn want-32.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | 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 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/25/106/) - next →: [sentence 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/25/108/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/25/)