--- title: 'There is only one way of helping you,' he said at last, 'and that i… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: 'There is only one way of helping you,' he said at last, 'and that is to marry the princess to my nephew, who, besides being young and handsome, has been trained in magic, and will know how to keep her safe from the dragon.' Who acts: one way, way, that, nephew. 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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 (one way, way, that, nephew), 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:pg3027:29:51 # text = 'There is only one way of helping you,' he said at last, 'and that is to marry the princess to my nephew, who, besides being young and handsome, has been trained in magic, and will know how to keep her safe from the dragon.' 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 3 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 7 of of SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 helping help VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 nsubj _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 nephew nephew NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 besides besides ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 cop _ _ 33 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 conj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 trained train VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 conj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 46 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 48 advmod _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 ccomp _ _ 49 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 xcomp _ _ 51 from from ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | one way | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **help** | gerund | one way *not said here* | | you | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | way | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **is** | present | that | | | | | to my nephew; marry *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | gerund | my nephew | | | | | young *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **be** | | my nephew *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **train** | present · perfect · passive | that *not said here* | | | magic | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP» | | 8 | **know** | future | way *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 9 | **keep** | to-infinitive | | princess | | | | safe *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | 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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/29/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/29/52/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/29/)