--- title: ‘Denis is a good workman, as you know very well,’ answered Tephany,… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Denis is a good workman, as you know very well,’ answered Tephany, red with anger, ‘and he puts by money too, and soon he will be able to take a farm for himself.’ Who acts: Denis, you, good workman, workman. 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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 (Denis, you, good workman, workman), 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:pg3454:32:35 # text = ‘Denis is a good workman, as you know very well,’ answered Tephany, red with anger, ‘and he puts by money too, and soon he will be able to take a farm for himself.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Denis Denis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 workman workman NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 11 very very ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 15 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 Tephany Tephany PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 parataxis _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 ‘ ‘ NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 puts put VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 26 by by ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 28 too too ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 31 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 35 advmod _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 cop _ _ 35 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 conj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 farm farm NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Denis | a good workman | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **know** | present | you | | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | a good workman | | Tephany | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent tephany=Eventuality | | 4 | **put** | present | workman | | | | | by money | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by money=Destination | | 5 | **is** | future | workman | | | | | able, soon *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **take** | to-infinitive | workman *not said here* | a farm | | | | for workman | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent farm=Theme for himself=Beneficiary | 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/32/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/32/36/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/32/)