--- title: ‘The butler’s son is the same age as ours,’ whispered the queen; ‘he… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘The butler’s son is the same age as ours,’ whispered the queen; ‘he will not know the difference,’ and she took the child and dressed him in the prince’s clothes, and the giant let him away along the road. Who acts: son, same age, age. 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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 (son, same age, age), 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:pg3454:28:80 # text = ‘The butler’s son is the same age as ours,’ whispered the queen; ‘he will not know the difference,’ and she took the child and dressed him in the prince’s clothes, and the giant let him away along the road. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 butler butler NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’s 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 10 as as ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 ours our PRON PRP Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 14 whispered whisper VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 18 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 parataxis _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 difference difference NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 dressed dress VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ’s 's PART POS _ 37 case _ _ 39 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 advcl _ _ 44 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 away away ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 47 along along ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the butler's son | the same age | | | | as ours | tree rules | | 2 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | past | the same age | the queen | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Topic | | 3 | **not** **know** | future | son | the difference | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer difference=Stimulus | | 4 | **take** | past | age | | the child | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument child=Destination | | 5 | **dress** | past | age *not said here* | son | | the prince's clothes | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 6 | **let away** | infinitive | | son | | | | along the road; away *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/28/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/28/81/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/28/)