--- title: “Now,” said he to his sister, “I will have the trees hollowed out, a… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Now,” said he to his sister, “I will have the trees hollowed out, and then I will make rooms in them and furnish them so that I shall be able to live out in the forest.” Who acts: king, trees. 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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 (king, trees), 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:pg3282:30:29 # text = “Now,” said he to his sister, “I will have the trees hollowed out, and then I will make rooms in them and furnish them so that I shall be able to live out in the forest.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 17 hollowed hollow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 ccomp _ _ 18 out out ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 parataxis _ _ 25 rooms room NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nmod _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 furnish furnish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 36 mark _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 fixed _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 cop _ _ 36 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 advcl _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 out out ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | king | | king's sister | | now | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to sister=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | future | king | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **hollow out** *in a quote* | past | the trees | | | | | | vn clear-10.3 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **make** *in a quote* | future | king | rooms | | | then | in trees *= tree* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Product | | 5 | **furnish** *in a quote* | infinitive | king *not said here* | trees *= tree* | | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | shall | king | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **live out** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | | | the forest | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in forest=Location | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/30/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/30/30/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/30/)