--- title: “Then,” said Wali Dâd, “next time you go that way, give her this lit… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Then,” said Wali Dâd, “next time you go that way, give her this little bracelet, with the respectful compliments of one who admires virtue far more than he desires wealth.” Who acts: Wali, you. 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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 (Wali, you), 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:pg3282:34:13 # text = “Then,” said Wali Dâd, “next time you go that way, give her this little bracelet, with the respectful compliments of one who admires virtue far more than he desires wealth.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Then then 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 Wali Wali PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 7 Dâd Dâd PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl:unmarked _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 14 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 15 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 18 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 iobj _ _ 19 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 det _ _ 20 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 bracelet bracelet NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 respectful respectful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 compliments compliment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 nmod _ _ 29 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 30 admires admire VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 31 virtue virtue NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 32 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 33 advmod _ _ 33 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 31 amod _ _ 34 than than SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 desires desire VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 37 wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Wali | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** *in a quote* | present | you | that way | | | time | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | this little bracelet | merchant | | | with the respectful compliments of one | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient bracelet=Theme | | 4 | **admire** *in a quote* | present | | virtue | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer virtue=Stimulus | | 5 | **desire** *in a quote* | present | Wali | wealth | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot wealth=Theme | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/34/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/34/14/) - ↑ back to [Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/34/)