--- title: “O wealth of my life and source of my joy!” responded Dil-aram, “I d… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “O wealth of my life and source of my joy!” responded Dil-aram, “I do not know what the rose did to the cypress; but so much I know that the person who told Mihr-afruz about it is a negro whom she hides under her throne. Who acts: wealth, rose, person, my. 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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 (wealth, rose, person, my), 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:pg3282:2:82 # text = “O wealth of my life and source of my joy!” responded Dil-aram, “I do not know what the rose did to the cypress; but so much I know that the person who told Mihr-afruz about it is a negro whom she hides under her throne. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 O o INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ _ 3 wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 source source NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ! ! PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 14 responded respond VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 Dil Dil PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 aram aram NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 list _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 “ " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 24 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 27 obj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 ccomp _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 cypress cypress NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 much much ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 40 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 41 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 42 Mihr Mihr PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 afruz afruz NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 iobj _ _ 45 about about ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nmod _ _ 47 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 negro negro NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 ccomp _ _ 50 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 52 obj _ _ 51 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 hides hide VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 acl:relcl _ _ 53 under under ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **respond** *speech: other* | past | wealth of my life and source of my joy | Dil | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent dil=Topic | | 2 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | present · do-support | wealth of my life and source of my joy *= wealth* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **do** *in a quote* | past | the rose | | | | | to the cypress | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 4 | **know** *in a quote* | present | wealth of my life and source of my joy *= wealth* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the person | | Mihr afruz about person | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent afruz=Recipient | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the person | a negro | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **hide** *in a quote* | present | rose | a negro | | rose's throne | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent whom=Patient under throne=Location | | 8 | **joy** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom joy «feeling 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 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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/2/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/2/83/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/2/)