--- title: The object of these confessions is not only that of advertising my o… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The object of these confessions is not only that of advertising my own fairy books (which are not ‘out of print’; if your bookseller says so, the truth is not in him), but of giving credit where credit is due. Who acts: object, own fairy books, bookseller, truth. 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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 (object, own fairy books, bookseller, truth), 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:pg3454:1:22 # text = The object of these confessions is not only that of advertising my own fairy books (which are not ‘out of print’; if your bookseller says so, the truth is not in him), but of giving credit where credit is due. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 confessions confession NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 8 only only ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 nsubj _ _ 10 of of SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 11 advertising advertise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 12 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 13 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 14 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 16 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 18 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 20 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 out out ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 print print NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 if if SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 bookseller bookseller NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 30 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 34 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 but but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 of of SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 42 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 43 credit credit NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 44 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 47 advmod _ _ 45 credit credit NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 46 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 47 due due ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 43 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the object of this confessions | | | | | advertise *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **is** | present | my own fairy books | | | print | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | your bookseller | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **is** | present | the truth | | | | | in Prince | tree rules | | 5 | **give** | gerund | the object of this confessions *not said here* | credit | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent credit=Theme | | 6 | **is** | present | credit | | | | | due *property* | tree rules | 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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/1/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/1/23/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/1/)