--- title: She showed him where the sword hung concealed behind a curtain, and… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She showed him where the sword hung concealed behind a curtain, and he took it down, saying as he did so: “Be sure not to forget what you have promised to do.” Who acts: princess, plan, you. 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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 (princess, plan, you), 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:pg3282:18:76 # text = She showed him where the sword hung concealed behind a curtain, and he took it down, saying as he did so: “Be sure not to forget what you have promised to do.” 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 8 advmod _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 hung hang VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 concealed conceal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 ccomp _ _ 9 behind behind ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 curtain curtain NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 down down ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 ccomp _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 25 “ " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 Be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 27 cop _ _ 27 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 forget forget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 31 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 34 obj _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 promised promise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 ccomp _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ” " PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | past | princess | | plan | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **conceal** | past · passive | | the sword | | a curtain | | | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient behind curtain=Location | | 3 | **take down** | past | plan | sword | | | | | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | plan *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **do** | past | plan | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **forget** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **promise** *speech: promise* *in a quote* | present · perfect | you | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent what=Recipient clause=Topic | | 9 | **do** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/18/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/18/77/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/18/)