--- title: “O Lady Latifa,” he said, “I have made a compact with heaven not to… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “O Lady Latifa,” he said, “I have made a compact with heaven not to sit down off my feet till I have been to Waq of Qaf and have cleared up this matter, and have taken Mihrafruz from her father, as brave men take, and have put her in prison. Who acts: brilliance, brave men. 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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 (brilliance, brave men), 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:pg3282:3:20 # text = “O Lady Latifa,” he said, “I have made a compact with heaven not to sit down off my feet till I have been to Waq of Qaf and have cleared up this matter, and have taken Mihrafruz from her father, as brave men take, and have put her in prison. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 O of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 3 case _ _ 3 Lady Lady PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 4 Latifa Latifa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 ccomp _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 compact compact NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 21 down down ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 22 off off ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 25 till till SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 27 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 28 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 cop _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Waq Waq PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 Qaf Qaf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 cleared clear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 conj _ _ 36 up up ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ _ 37 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 38 det _ _ 38 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ _ 43 Mihrafruz Mihrafruz PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 44 from from ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 as as SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 49 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 nsubj _ _ 51 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 54 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ _ 56 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 obj _ _ 57 in in ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 prison prison NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | brilliance | | | | | of Lady | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **make** *in a quote* | present · perfect | brilliance | a compact | | | | with heaven | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent compact=Product | | 3 | **not** **sit down** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | brilliance *not said here* | | | | | off my feet | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present · perfect | brilliance | | | | | to Waq; of Qaf | tree rules | | 5 | **clear up** *in a quote* | present · perfect | brilliance *not said here* | this matter | | | | | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent matter=Source | | 6 | **take** *in a quote* | present · perfect | brilliance *not said here* | Mihrafruz | | | | from Mihrafruz's father | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent mihrafruz=Theme from father=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **take** *in a quote* | present | brave men | | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **put** *in a quote* | present · perfect | brilliance *not said here* | Mihrafruz | | prison | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme in prison=Destination | 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/3/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/3/21/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/3/)