--- title: In reply the Simurgh.” first blessed the deliverer of his children,… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In reply the Simurgh.” first blessed the deliverer of his children, and then went on: “What you have done no child of man has ever done before; you assuredly have a claim on all my help, for every year up till now that dragon has come here and has destroyed my nestlings, and I have never been able t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/4/100/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Brown Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/) / [The Brown Fairy Book, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/4/) / 100 # The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 4, sentence 100 In reply the Simurgh.” first blessed the deliverer of his children, and then went on: “What you have done no child of man has ever done before; you assuredly have a claim on all my help, for every year up till now that dragon has come here and has destroyed my nestlings, and I have never been able to find who was the murderer and to avenge myself. **Who acts:** you, child, dragon, I, my · **What happens:** bless, go on, do, have, come, destroy · **To what, where:** deliverer, reply, claim, help, nestlings, murderer · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, child, dragon, I), 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:pg3282:4:100 # text = In reply the Simurgh.” first blessed the deliverer of his children, and then went on: “What you have done no child of man has ever done before; you assuredly have a claim on all my help, for every year up till now that dragon has come here and has destroyed my nestlings, and I have never been able to find who was the murderer and to avenge myself. 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 reply reply NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Simurgh Simurgh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 5 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 7 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 8 advmod _ _ 8 blessed bless VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 deliverer deliverer NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ _ 17 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 18 on on ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 20 “ " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 24 obj _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 25 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 26 det _ _ 26 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 29 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 31 advmod _ _ 31 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 32 before before ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 assuredly assuredly ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 claim claim NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 42 det:predet _ _ 41 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 46 det _ _ 46 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 47 up up ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 48 till till SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 49 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 53 advmod _ _ 50 that that SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 51 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 52 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 47 advcl _ _ 54 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 53 advmod _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 56 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 57 destroyed destroy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 53 conj _ _ 58 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 59 nestlings nestling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 62 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 63 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 66 aux _ _ 64 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 66 advmod _ _ 65 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 66 cop _ _ 66 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 parataxis _ _ 67 to to PART TO _ 68 mark _ _ 68 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 66 xcomp _ _ 69 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 72 nsubj _ _ 70 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 72 cop _ _ 71 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 72 murderer murderer NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 ccomp _ _ 73 and and CCONJ CC _ 75 cc _ _ 74 to to PART TO _ 75 mark _ _ 75 avenge avenge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 68 conj _ _ 76 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 75 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bless** *in a quote* | past | | the deliverer of task's children | | reply | | first *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **go on** *in a quote* | past | | | | | then | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **do** | present · perfect | you | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 4 | **do** | present · perfect | no child of man | | | | ever | before *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **have** | present | you | a claim | | my help | | assuredly *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claim=Patient | | 6 | **come** | present · perfect | dragon | | | here | now | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **destroy** | present · perfect | dragon *not said here* | my nestlings | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nestling=Patient | | 8 | **not** **is** | present · perfect | I | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **find** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **is a** | past | | the murderer | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **avenge** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | myself | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **help** | | my | | | | | | nom help «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/4/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/4/101/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/4/)