--- title: ‘Let me see them first, father,’ said she; but when she examined the… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Let me see them first, father,’ said she; but when she examined them she knew them right well, and guessed it was her true love that sent them. Who acts: me, earnest, Faith, true love. 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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 (me, earnest, Faith, true love), 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:pg3454:11:87 # text = ‘Let me see them first, father,’ said she; but when she examined them she knew them right well, and guessed it was her true love that sent them. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 15 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 examined examine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 21 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 right right ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 guessed guess VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 29 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 30 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 ccomp _ _ 32 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 33 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | infinitive | | me | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | infinitive | me *not said here* | crowns *= crown* | | | | first *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | earnest *= earn* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **examine** | past | earnest *= earn* | crowns *= crown* | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **know** | past | earnest *= earn* | crowns *= crown* | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 6 | **guess** | past | earnest *= earn* *not said here* | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** | past | Faith | earnest's true love | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **send** | past | earnest's true love | crowns *= crown* | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/11/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/11/88/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/11/)