--- title: 'Yes,' answered the young man, who wished to please her, 'and in ret… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: 'Yes,' answered the young man, who wished to please her, 'and in return for your good dinner I will see if I cannot restore your sight; for I was taught in the art of healing by the best medicine man in the tribe.' Who acts: young man, I, best medicine man, your. 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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 (young man, I, best medicine man, your), 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:pg3027:35:28 # text = 'Yes,' answered the young man, who wished to please her, 'and in return for your good dinner I will see if I cannot restore your sight; for I was taught in the art of healing by the best medicine man in the tribe.' 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 5 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 please please VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 16 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 22 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 27 if if SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 restore restore VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 32 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 35 for for SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 taught teach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 conj _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 art art NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 healing healing NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 44 by by ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 46 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 48 amod _ _ 47 medicine medicine NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 48 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 tribe tribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | | | the young man | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent man=Eventuality | | 2 | **wish** | past | the young man | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **please** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the young man *not said here* | woman | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer | | 4 | **see** | future | I | | | return for your good dinner | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **not** **restore** *a condition, not said to happen* | can | I | your sight | | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent sight=Theme | | 6 | **teach** *speech: other* | past · passive | the best medicine man in the tribe | I | | the art of healing | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient | | 7 | **sight** | | your | | | | | | nom sight «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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/35/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/35/29/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/35/)