--- title: ‘This is one of my daughter’s tricks,’ he said to himself, ‘but if I… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘This is one of my daughter’s tricks,’ he said to himself, ‘but if I had my big axe and my wood-knife, I would not be long making a way through this,’ and off he went home and brought back the axe and the wood-knife. Who acts: This, breath, I, daughter. 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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 (This, breath, I, daughter), 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:pg3454:29:54 # text = ‘This is one of my daughter’s tricks,’ he said to himself, ‘but if I had my big axe and my wood-knife, I would not be long making a way through this,’ and off he went home and brought back the axe and the wood-knife. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’s 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 tricks trick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 if if SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 22 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 23 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 27 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 32 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 cop _ _ 35 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ _ 36 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 advcl _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 through through ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 off off ADP IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 47 home home ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 conj _ _ 50 back back ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 55 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 56 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | This | one | | | | of my daughter's tricks | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | breath | | breath | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient | | 3 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | I | my big axe and my wood knife | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent axe=Patient | | 4 | **not** **is** | would | I | | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **make** | gerund | I *not said here* | a way | | this | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset way=Product | | 6 | **go** | past | breath | | | | | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **bring back** | past | breath *not said here* | the axe and the wood knife | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent axe=Theme | | 8 | **trick** | | my daughter | | | | | | nom trick «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/29/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/29/55/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/29/)