--- title: “Well, now,” cried Wali Dâd, as he viewed all the wealth laid at his… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Well, now,” cried Wali Dâd, as he viewed all the wealth laid at his door, “I can well repay that kind prince for his magnificent present of horses; but to be sure you have been put to great expenses! Who acts: Wali, wealth. 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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, wealth), 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:pg3282:34:46 # text = “Well, now,” cried Wali Dâd, as he viewed all the wealth laid at his door, “I can well repay that kind prince for his magnificent present of horses; but to be sure you have been put to great expenses! 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 Wali Wali PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 Dâd Dâd PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 viewed view VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 14 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 16 det:predet _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 “ " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 26 advmod _ _ 26 repay repay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 27 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 28 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 magnificent magnificent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 cop _ _ 40 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 ccomp _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 expenses expense NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ! ! PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | Wali | | | | now | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **view** | past | Wali | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **lay** | past | all wealth | | | Wali's door | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent at door=Destination | | 4 | **repay** *in a quote* | can | Wali | that kind prince | | | | for Wali's magnificent present of horses; well *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent prince=Asset for present=Theme | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Wali *not said here* | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **put** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | you | | | | to great expenses | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal | 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/34/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/34/47/) - ↑ back to [Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/34/)