--- title: “YOU may think that there is nothing on it,” answered she, “but I ca… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “YOU may think that there is nothing on it,” answered she, “but I can assure you that there is a large skein of wool, so fine that nobody can see it, which will be woven into a coat for you.” Who acts: YOU, nothing, I, subject. 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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 (YOU, nothing, I, subject), 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:pg3282:29:67 # text = “YOU may think that there is nothing on it,” answered she, “but I can assure you that there is a large skein of wool, so fine that nobody can see it, which will be woven into a coat for you.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 YOU you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 7 expl _ _ 7 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 7 nsubj _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 13 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 16 “ " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 assure assure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 csubj _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 iobj _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 24 expl _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 skein skein NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 parataxis _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 wool wool NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 so so ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 parataxis _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 36 nsubj _ _ 35 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 parataxis _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 woven weave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 parataxis _ _ 43 into into ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | may | YOU | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **be** *in a quote* | present | nothing | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **assure** *in a quote* | can | I | | you | | | | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | subject | a large skein | | | | of wool | tree rules | | 6 | **see** *in a quote* | can | nobody | wheel | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 7 | **weave** *in a quote* | future · passive | | | | a coat | | for you | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.product PP.beneficiary»: subject=Material into coat=Product for you=Beneficiary | 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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/29/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/29/68/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/29/)