--- title: “It is quite true,” he said, “that I can stop the wind who can part… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “It is quite true,” he said, “that I can stop the wind who can part the clouds who can cover the sun; but there is someone who can do more than all these, and that is the rat. Who acts: claim, wall, wind, clouds. 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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 (claim, wall, wind, clouds), 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:pg3282:17:76 # text = “It is quite true,” he said, “that I can stop the wind who can part the clouds who can cover the sun; but there is someone who can do more than all these, and that is the rat. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 quite quite ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 csubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 19 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 23 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 24 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 cover cover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 acl:relcl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 31 expl _ _ 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 32 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 31 nsubj _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 34 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 acl:relcl _ _ 36 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 35 obj _ _ 37 than than ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 39 det:predet _ _ 39 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 42 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 45 nsubj _ _ 43 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 rat rat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | claim | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | wall | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **stop** *in a quote* | can | wall | the wind and part | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector wind=Eventuality | | 4 | **part** *in a quote* | can | the wind and part | the clouds | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **cover** *in a quote* | can | the clouds | the sun | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent sun=Destination | | 6 | **do** *in a quote* | can | | more | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Eventuality | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | the rat | | | | | tree rules | 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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/17/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/17/77/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/17/)