--- title: Don’t think I blame him for it; but true is the word that says, ‘Whe… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Don’t think I blame him for it; but true is the word that says, ‘When liquor’s in sense is out’; and puff, at a breath, out he blasted his wonderful tune. Who acts: you, I, true word, Maurice. 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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 (you, I, true word, Maurice), 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:pg3454:18:29 # text = Don’t think I blame him for it; but true is the word that says, ‘When liquor’s in sense is out’; and puff, at a breath, out he blasted his wonderful tune. 1 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 2 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 think think VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 blame blame VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 15 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 16 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 When when SCONJ WRB _ 21 mark _ _ 20 liquor liquor NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 sense sense NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 25 out out ADV RB _ 16 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 puff puff NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 breath breath NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 out out ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 blasted blast VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 39 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 tune tune NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **blame** | present | I | Maurice | | | | for head | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Theme for it=Attribute | | 3 | **is a** | present | | the true word and puff and a breath | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the true word and puff and a breath | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | present | | | | | | out *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **blast** | past | Maurice | Maurice's wonderful tune | | | | out *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tune=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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/18/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/18/30/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/18/)