--- title: To this the faqir replied: “O youth! it would be best for you to hav… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: To this the faqir replied: “O youth! it would be best for you to have nothing to do with me and to know nothing of my fortunes, for my story is fit neither for telling nor for hearing.” Who acts: faqir, story. 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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 (faqir, story), 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:pg3282:1:55 # text = To this the faqir replied: “O youth! it would be best for you to have nothing to do with me and to know nothing of my fortunes, for my story is fit neither for telling nor for hearing.” 1 To to SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 faqir faqir NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 7 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 O o INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ _ 9 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ! ! PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 12 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 cop _ _ 14 best well ADV RBS Degree=Sup 18 advmod _ _ 15 for for SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 acl:relcl _ _ 19 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 18 obj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 acl _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 27 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 26 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 fortunes fortune NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 for for SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 fit fit ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 parataxis _ _ 37 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 39 cc:preconj _ _ 38 for for SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 39 telling tell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 parataxis _ _ 40 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 42 cc _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 hearing hearing NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: express* | past | this faqir | youth | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | well *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | would | faqir | nothing | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient | | 4 | **do** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | faqir *not said here* | nothing *not said here* | | | | with this faqir *= faqir* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **know** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | faqir *not said here* | nothing | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | my story | | | | | fit *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/1/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/1/56/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/1/)