--- title: ‘I wish,’ says the smith, ‘I could do it; but I was looking at the c… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘I wish,’ says the smith, ‘I could do it; but I was looking at the crowns after the princesses got home, and I don’t think there’s a black or a white smith on the face of the earth that could imitate them.’ Who acts: I, princesses, earth. 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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 (I, princesses, earth), 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:pg3454:11:71 # text = ‘I wish,’ says the smith, ‘I could do it; but I was looking at the crowns after the princesses got home, and I don’t think there’s a black or a white smith on the face of the earth that could imitate them.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 smith smith NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 crowns crown NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 23 after after SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 princesses princess NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 26 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 27 home home ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 32 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 33 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 34 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 35 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 37 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 38 or or CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 smith smith NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 48 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 50 nsubj _ _ 49 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 imitate imitate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 acl:relcl _ _ 51 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wish** | present | I | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | the smith | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **do** | could | I | fortune | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 4 | **look** | past · progressive | I | | | | | at the crowns | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at crown=Theme | | 5 | **get** | past | the princesses | | | | | home *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | present · do-support | I | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **imitate** | could | the earth | crowns *= crown* | | | | | vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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 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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/11/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/11/72/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/11/)