--- title: ‘You know, I am sure, that the korigans[FN#3: The spiteful fairies.]… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘You know, I am sure, that the korigans[FN#3: The spiteful fairies.] who dwell in the White Corn country have declared war on my people, because they say that they are the friends of man. Who acts: You, I, korigans. 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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, korigans), 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:pg3454:37:35 # text = ‘You know, I am sure, that the korigans[FN#3: The spiteful fairies.] who dwell in the White Corn country have declared war on my people, because they say that they are the friends of man. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 korigans korigan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 12 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 FN FN PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 # # SYM NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 14 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 16 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 17 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 spiteful spiteful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 fairies fairy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 11 punct _ _ 22 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 23 dwell dwell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 26 White White ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 Corn Corn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 29 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 declared declare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 31 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 xcomp _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 because because SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 ccomp _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | You | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | present | I | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **dwell** | present | the korigans and the spiteful fairies | | | the Corn country | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in country=Location | | 4 | **declare** *speech: other* | present · perfect · passive | | the korigans and the spiteful fairies | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | korigans *= korigan* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** | present | korigans *= korigan* | the friends | | | | of man | tree rules | 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/pg3454/37/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/37/36/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/37/)