--- title: “All has gone well so far,” she grumbled, when she told her story to… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “All has gone well so far,” she grumbled, when she told her story to the head,” but what do you suppose the sultan will say, when he sees his daughter’s husband?” Who acts: All, Command, you, sultan. 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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 (All, Command, you, sultan), 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:pg3282:22:108 # text = “All has gone well so far,” she grumbled, when she told her story to the head,” but what do you suppose the sultan will say, when he sees his daughter’s husband?” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 nsubj _ _ 3 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 grumbled grumble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 16 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 27 obj _ _ 25 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 suppose suppose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 sultan sultan NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 when when SCONJ WRB _ 35 mark _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 sees see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 ccomp _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ’s 's PART POS _ 37 case _ _ 39 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** *in a quote* | present · perfect | All | | | | | far, well *property* | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **grumble** *speech: other* | past | Command | | | | | | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Command | Command's story | the head | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Topic to head=Recipient | | 4 | **suppose** *in a quote* | present · do-support | you | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent what=Attribute clause=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | future | the sultan | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **see** *in a quote* | present | sultan | sultan's daughter's husband | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer husband=Stimulus | 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 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/22/107/) - next →: [sentence 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/22/109/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/22/)